Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It certainly is not the intention to create what the IPPN might describe as "ghetto schools". I do not understand that terminology. The Deputy is aware that as children with special needs move quite fluidly through the school system, the challenges each school faces in supporting and caring for children with special needs change and evolve over time. It is not reasonable to expect that the resources available to each school will somehow remain static.

They must change and evolve alongside the changing needs of children within the school. Concerns the IPPN might have should be addressed within the consultation model proposed by the Minister and I am very confident that they will be.

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