Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The point the Deputy identified in his question is critical in terms of the upskilling and continual professional development and education of practitioners and professionals in early childhood care and education in ensuring that when children with disabilities become part of their settings they know best how to ensure and enable the achievement of their potential.

It was also the case not that long ago in primary school training that not every teacher was necessarily provided with the type of education and skills base to be able to integrate into their classrooms children with particular types of learning disabilities or other forms of disabilities, and yet we have moved on to progress in the manner. This is what we want to achieve with this model. It is a critical aspect of that initiative as it is unfolding.

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