Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Is the Tánaiste aware that a group of families and parents of children with Down's syndrome are threatening to bring a legal case against the State regarding the lack of resources available to their children in national primary schools? I ask this question in the context of the Down's Syndrome (Equality of Access) Bill 2013, which I brought forward and which was agreed to by the Government and Fianna Fáil. That legislation, had it been enacted, could have been used to resolve this issue. Now, however, parents are going to resort to taking legal action and the State will be obliged to spend money defending cases before the courts. Will the Tánaiste intervene, as a matter of urgency, to ensure that proper resource hours are allocated to children with Down's syndrome?

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