Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 October 2025

Committee on Disability Matters

Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed)

2:00 am

Dr. Gerald Craddock:

As I said earlier, Dr. Miguel Valles was here last December and we had a closed session with him to talk about the education system in Portugal. The year 2018 was a landmark moment in Portugal when the vast majority of special schools and rehabilitation centres had to reintegrate not only the students but also the therapists and teachers into the local communities. A key initiative that came out of that was the setting up-----