Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 4 July 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion

Dr. John Bosco Conama:

The answer to both questions, in short, is "No". Currently, we have deaf tutors but their management and the structure around that tuition scheme are an issue and then there is a struggle looking for deaf tutors themselves. Many deaf people do not want to be in the scheme because of the management system, the income, the increments, etc.

We are looking to research a different way of providing new tutors as relief, for example, but at the moment, the short answer to both questions is no, there are not enough.