Ms Martina Mannion:

There are almost 300 children in special schools and classes for children for the deaf. There are approximately 5,300 deaf children being supported by the visiting teacher service and 5,000 of those are in our mainstream settings, between preschool, primary and post-primary. At the moment, we do not gather individual student outcomes at leaving certificate. As the Cathaoirleach will be aware, it is an anonymised process. One has an examination number and one goes through the system. We do not capture the data on individual student attainment.