Seán Kyne (Galway West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister. I understood the report was to be published in September. There are ongoing delays, so it will not be until the end of spring. I ask this question in the context of the concerns of parents of children with Down's syndrome and the campaign by Down's syndrome educational quality advocates to have Down's syndrome recognised as a low incidence disability by the Department and be awarded maximum hours under resource teaching.

Children with Down's syndrome may also have hearing and visual impairments as well as gross and fine motor delays, which causes difficulty with writing and drawing, and poor auditory memory, which causes difficulties processing, storing and retaining verbal information. The general allocation model does not meet such complex needs. The Minister received an oral progress report. Would he like to share anything with us?

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