Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, Independents 4 Change)
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On the speech and language therapists in the school inclusion model, will Mr. Kearney send the committee a breakdown of how many will be needed? I have found that some schools had been looking for the service, and to get a special education adviser into the schools, but they have been put on a waiting list. This negates the role of the service if there is a service but the school cannot access it. A child can be affected by being put on a shorter school day or sent home. This can have a big impact on the child. Will Mr. Kearney give us the breakdown of the vacancies in that area? Perhaps Mr. Kearney will also send over the programme for the five-year forecasting. It would be very interesting to have a look at that.

I have covered the area in Dublin 12. We have four secondary schools that have no autism classes and four primary schools. It would be good to see them moving over the next two months.