Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

When I put down the question I knew that only DEIS schools were able to avail of home school community liaison officers. I am quite aware of that but I am asking that this would be looked at and reviewed over a period of time. I lifted the following information off the Tusla website earlier. The website states that part of the role of the home school community liaison officer is to enhance a child's educational experience, particularly through offering family supports, parent classes, courses and home visits etc. That goes to the nub of the issue; the parent is as much the focus here as the child. One is dealing with children in special school settings who have emotional and behavioural issues, might suffer from anxiety, and probably have an intellectual disability of some form, be it profound, mild or otherwise. Those parents are dealing with those children 24-7 and 365 days of the year and there should be scope here for home school community liaison officers.

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