Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 September 2025

Committee on Disability Matters

Inclusive Education for People with Disabilities: Discussion

2:00 am

Photo of Ruairí Ó MurchúRuairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Before Christmas 2025. We would need that to happen. I would argue that, at times, we need to look at this even earlier, but I accept that is a move in the right direction.

The issue for an awful lot of children and schools is that of assessments of need. I know that every Minister says this is not necessarily required in relation to schools, but schools will say different. How do we propose dealing with that?