Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

I do not intend to publish the individual findings about schools for two reasons. First, the results are simply figures and do not give any background information. For example, did parents actually apply to a certain school? If a particular school in an area has a reputation for being good for children with special needs, parents may automatically enrol their children there. We do not have such background information. Second, I can foresee some of the less inclusive schools using the survey to demonstrate how good they are academically as they do not take anyone with special educational needs. They may use it to promote an exclusionary position. I will shortly be sending the audit to each of the partners with the names of the schools blotted out so that they can see the problems that pertain in certain areas.

See this speech in context