Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

Autism is an important issue and as I noted, 182 special classes for children with autism are attached to schools. This is considered to be the best approach. There are also special classes for different streams of autism. There are 18 pre-school classes to facilitate demand for early intervention and 14 stand-alone facilities have been provided for applied behavioural analysis. These are pilot schemes run by the Department of Education and Science. They are not——

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