Charlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I support Deputy Kyne's call for resource teaching hours for children with Down's syndrome and to have them added to the low incidence resource qualifying hours. Will the Minister clarify the deadline for the report to be completed? Following on from that, what timeline does he expect for any new system he may consider? As Deputy Kyne said, in the meantime, children with Down's syndrome will not qualify. They are a small category and the parents' groups supporting them have estimated that for €1 million per year, they could be added to the list to automatically receive resource hours. That is something the Minister should reconsider. He has taken the line that he will not include them but will he reconsider that position?

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