Carol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Page 94 of the programme for Government states the Government is committed to delivering education programmes to meet the needs of all students and all children in society. However, we have seen there are huge delays in respect of the delivery of ASD units and support hubs for primary and secondary schools. St. Brendan's Community School in my constituency received approval for an ASD unit four years ago but it still has not been delivered. There is huge concern over the issue. A solution may be to redeploy staff from other Departments to the school building section of the Department of Education to try to speed up delivery and all the rest of it. The staff are doing their best, but redeploying staff may be the solution.

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