Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 2 October 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth
Issues Affecting People with Dyslexia and Dyscalculia: Discussion
2:00 am
Ms Andrea Feeney:
-----contradictory recommendations. On the one hand, it recommended a broader scheme or additional time and, on the other, it recommended removing two supports in relation to additional time. Rather than action that, a decision was taken at that time to leave things as they were at that particular time. A further review was done in 2016 and 2017 and changes were made to the scheme which really progressed the scheme. The Cathaoirleach has seen the increases in the number of students who are being accommodated within the scheme. I would put that back to the 2016-17 review and the progress that was made. I would not classify-----