Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Ceann Comhairle) | Oireachtas source

I compliment the Deputies and public representatives in south Kildare on the success they are achieving in terms of their special needs children. I want to make one point in absolute support of what Deputy Lawless said. It is a phenomenon in County Kildare that young children are being sent by special educational needs officers, SENOs, all over the county well outside their catchment areas. It is patently ridiculous that a child with a special educational need cannot go with his or her brothers and sisters to his or her local school but instead has to travel substantial distances. The Minister of State's response is, therefore, welcome but we need to see that happen sooner rather than later.

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