Catherine Ardagh (Fianna Fail)
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I do not want to discuss AIMS here today because that is another day's work. It is really the early intervention classes I am trying to figure out because you need a formal diagnosis. Without that, you cannot get into an early intervention class. Your crèche can get AIMS support. It is important to highlight that AIMS support does not attach to an individual person. It attaches to a class so it is not a case that your child is getting a special need. It is rather that the class is getting a little more support. I am not a massive supporter of the AIMS programme but I want to know how do you capture children into early intervention if the HSE has not been able to give them diagnoses?