Mr. Brendan Lennon:

While not directly related to that, I think it is relevant. I know of a family in the Munster area with two profoundly deaf children. One of the children attends a deaf school and the other child attends the local mainstream school. Although the two children are both profoundly deaf, the mother would say that they have completely different personalities and different learning styles, and both are comfortable in those different environments. The family has been able to recognise the different needs of their children and to respond appropriately. We need to approach it like that to address the individual needs of each child based on their learning styles, personality and so on. As a country, we are offering some of that choice two people. That family is an example, but in many cases, we are falling down when we get into the school environment.