Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 10 July 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth
Proposed Redesignation of Schools for Children with Mild General Learning Disabilities: Principals of Special Schools
2:00 am
Ms Debbie O'Neill:
What is proposed in the circular, or what has been explained to us at least, is that admissions policies will need to change. Right now, our admissions policy is that a child must have a mild general learning disability. However, as Mr. Browne said, 60% of children with a mild learning disability have a co-occurring disability. It is not the narrow designation the Department is claiming it to be.