Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I want to pay credit to the Minister of State for her intervention in bringing forward emergency legislation during the year to strengthen section 37A. She must be commended for that whole process. Every school community should be encouraged to open a special class. I have seen first-hand the positive impact it has.

I look forward to welcoming the Minister of State to County Clare in the next number of weeks when she will visit Scoil na Mainistreach in Quin to perform an official opening of its two new autism spectrum disorder, ASD, classrooms. This is an area to which the Minister of State has given real attention. I look forward to school communities right across the country benefitting from her work in this area.

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