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

The purpose of this question is to ask the Minister if she will clarify the situation regarding resource teaching hours for children with Down's syndrome who have mild learning disabilities and if she will provide an update on whether the necessary resources will be put in place to ensure that these children will have access to dedicated resource teaching hours from September next. The children to whom I refer have not had such access up to now. The delay of one year which the Minister has announced in respect of the introduction of the new model means that they may continue to be without resource teaching hours unless she decides to make specific allocation for them. I hope the Minister will provide an update on all these matters.

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