Ms Rosalind No?l:

I echo what my colleague was saying with regard to the summer programme, which used to be known as July provision. The programme is for those who have additional needs and is designed to ensure that they do not lose out on education. We are saying that we have a role within school inclusion, but that is as occupational therapists, speech therapists and psychologists. In the context of the scarce resources relating to students who are completing occupational therapy, speech therapy and psychology degrees, it is about them obtaining experience in those settings as opposed to in the context of the summer programme.

That is a very specific programme to which the Deputy is referring and schools are struggling to provide it because they are working throughout the whole year. We need to determine how we can keep the summer programme going and functioning.