Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 18 October 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters
Implementation of Inclusive Education in Schools: Department of Education
Mr. Brendan Doody:
I am speaking as a former manager of the visiting teacher service for the hearing and visually impaired. The visiting teachers are all over the RACE area. A really strong focus of their work is on ensuring that the children who need that support, get it. I will not go into the individual detail, but certainly if a parent of a child with a visual impairment or a hearing impairment is concerned about their child accessing a reasonable accommodation, they certainly should be talking to their visiting teacher.