Marian Harkin (Sligo-Leitrim, Independent)

I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil to discuss a matter of national importance namely, the fact this Government spent 68 days in the High Court with two high powered legal teams attempting to deny a six year old autistic boy his right to an education that addresses his needs, applied behavioural analysis, ABA, and in doing so disregards and denies the first document we all read when entering this House — the Proclamation, which promises to cherish all children of the nation equally.

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