Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 27 October 2016

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

Children with Special Educational Needs: Discussion

9:00 am

Mr. Jim Mulkerrins:

They will be replaced. We are talking about 900 additional posts.

I take the point made about standardised tests. Another question was whether we take account of children who do not have English as a first language. I do not know the answer, quite frankly, but Ms Griffin might be able to answer.