Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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I have some questions in that regard. One of the issues for us as politicians is that this is a difficult subject politically. Sometimes when a proposal is made, there is a campaign against it and it is difficult to try to persuade people to shift the way they look at the issue. Does the National Council for Special Education, NCSE, work with the parent councils or with SNAs and different stakeholders to try to move people along in the context of the debate? Does it try to get some movement so that there is no block against change from what might be a vested interest? I do not mean this in a negative way. We all have a vested interest in society, but what can be done to ensure people do not block changes because they think things should stay as they are? Ms Griffin has said the NCSE talks to parents, but does it talk to other groups to try to move this debate along?