Mr. Bernard O'Regan:

Yes. I will send that report on to the committee.

As for the engagement with schools, we are currently working on implementing a proposal that has been agreed with the Government to reinstate some supports in some special schools. In 2021 we were allocated 85 additional posts to put resources into special schools and we now have sanction for an additional 136 posts to put into special schools. We are working on that at the moment. I think that the challenge with putting services into schools is as follows. I understand the benefits of this but there are also some gaps that are still there. Special schools are only one part of the educational domain that is there. We also have, as was mentioned, special classes. We also have many children, including autistic children, who are in mainstream schools and who need supports. One cannot put something into every school. It is a question of how this is managed. I think the design and the thinking behind the CDNT is that there is a service in a local community that is for the population of children in that community, regardless of their location, but we are looking to do something in the special schools.