Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 7 November 2012
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection
Special Needs Education: Discussion with Special Needs Parents Association
1:55 pm
Brendan Ryan (Dublin North, Labour)
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On the two elements of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs, EPSEN, Act the witnesses highlighted in terms of identifying a need for the early introduction of measures, one of those is an independent appeals office, and the principle that it would be an independent appeal process is something anyone would advocate. Does the association's promotion of this come down to some difficulties parents have currently with the National Council for Special Education in terms of appeals?