Marc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party)
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Yes. These are all going towards that idea of first presentation to when appropriate supports are put in place. Ms Prendeville said that possibly in or around 63% of children are still within mainstream classrooms. For the benefit of the committee, could she talk me through the continuing support process that will happen within schools? Again, there is a timeline issue. We should be talking about classroom support and move on to school support and school support plus. However, there is quite an amount of paperwork involved in getting from one end of that continuum to the other. Ms Prendeville might talk the committee through that process from the point of view of a principal, a classroom teacher or an SEN teacher, and how long it takes for a child to move through that process to get to the appropriate level of support.