Mr. John Kearney:

I am very pragmatic in the sense I am always trying to find solutions. There is an urgent crisis and the vast majority of schools are proactive in engaging with the NCSE. Sometimes, some schools are less forthright in doing so. There is a need for emergency legislation to address the crisis we are currently facing. There is also a very significant pathway to be followed over the next couple of years in terms of getting uniform special class placements right across the country. Processes need to be streamlined, quickened and sharpened with a view to approaching that work. The legislation is the avenue to provide the degree of sharpness that is required.