Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 24 January 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism

Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed)

Ms Angela Locke-Reilly:

I do not think anybody wants his or her child to go to a school that has been forced to take the child. That is huge thing. You do not want to fight for the place because you think "I do not want my child to be in that school if they don't want him anyway." Some parents have started to fight until the child is accepted into the school and then they do not even take the place. They just wanted to prove the point that their child had a right to a place. Why would you force a school to take your child? That makes you feel horrendous.