Mr. Frank Hanlon:

No. They have to choose one or the other. For instance, of the 97 Traveller children, we know that seven of them are in special schools so obviously we know that they have special educational needs. The 97 Traveller children are all of those children who identified as being from a Traveller or Roma background who were notified to Tusla as being on reduced school days, regardless of whether they had special educational needs. However, these are the children who have been notified to Tusla by the schools but, as clearly outlined in the guidance, if there is any suspicion of misuse, or of this happening without going through the appropriate procedures, we urge people to contact Tusla or the Department about it. We need to know about it, if that is what the Senator Flynn hearing.