Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 15 October 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

Education Needs of Visually Impaired Students: Discussion

11:00 am

Mr. Brendan Doody:

It is not specific to the visually impaired. We know there were significant challenges with regard to children with more complex needs. We all saw the news reports of young people who had learned how to eat and that skill being lost because they were not at school on a consistent basis. I do not have specific information on the impact of Covid on children with visual impairment but in the same context, we know there were impacts more broadly on students with complex education needs. It is fair to say we could include children with visual impairment in this.