David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)

When Deputy Noel Dempsey was Minister for Education and Science, he passed the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 with our help. We were recently told its implementation would be deferred. As it is statutory, what legislation will be required to defer this Act, which was passed by the House a number of years ago to look after children with special educational needs in our schools and elsewhere?

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