Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Bill is before the Dáil and the issue of extending this power will be considered further when it goes before the committee. I hope it will be able to make its way through the Oireachtas as quickly as possible. While this is an issue all over the country, the number of classes has increased from 500 to more than 1,000 since 2011. Progress is being made and I hope the parents of children in Tipperary and every other county will see the benefit of that in due course. We cannot do everything overnight but hopefully the Bill, when it is passed and becomes law, will add to the opportunity for parents who have children with special needs to be taken into schools where special educational needs organisers, SENOs, will work with them..

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