Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)

On a point of order, the point I made has been clarified by the answer the Minister of State read out as it did not address the issue of St. Raphael's special school where all the children are either severely or profoundly handicapped. Whereas special needs are assessed at that level special needs assistants are being removed from the school on a quota basis. This is being done to achieve the previous Minister's target of reducing the number of special needs assistants by 1,200. That is what is being done. There is no new assessment.

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