Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 November 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection

Special Needs Provision in Second Level Schools: SNPA, NCSE and NAPD

1:30 pm

Mr. Clive Byrne:

There is a point about Ms Maher's personal circumstances. Access to resources at second level generally comes through the National Educational Psychological Service, although the new model or pilot may change that. As students move from post-primary into further education, institutes of technology and so on, access to resources is appalling because it must be consultant-led and that is difficult. Oftentimes, by the time all the documentation has arrived, the course is almost halfway through.