Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 1 May 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters

United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed)

5:30 pm

Ms Roisin Doherty:

It is a pilot and its name is very long-winded. It is the post-primary students transitional development national steering group and local implementation committee. There are two pilots, one of which is in Dublin and one of which is in Galway. They are called local transition groups. The local ETBs are on that implementation group. It would not be appropriate for SOLAS to be on it because we do not know the local services. I think it will be great, particularly for those students who are doing the level 1 and 2 qualifications in the schools. Again, the Department will probably have more information, and it has allocated teaching and guidance hours to each school. To my mind, it is an inspirational pilot.