Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 8 October 2025
Committee on Disability Matters
Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed)
2:00 am
Maria Byrne (Fine Gael)
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I apologise that I was a bit late. I was at another meeting before this, but I have read the NDA's opening statement. The NDA referred to the two pilot schemes that are going on. How should that be embraced? What resources will be needed to replicate that around the country?
Senator Murphy O'Mahony raised IT and how it is changing. I see with young people that no matter what age they are, they seem to embrace technology. Is there anything we can do to put that on the agenda or to promote it with young people with a disability? I see some of them and they are well able to use the IT equipment that sometimes I would not be able to use. Is it a plus? Should it be better rolled out?