Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

When is that review due to commence and end? Is the Minister of State satisfied that the current SLA, which was signed in 2015, is fit for purpose? If a child is receiving his junior cycle books in transition year, then it is not fit for purpose. He is not the only child in this situation. A child who is blind or visually impaired needs to be able to access books in Braille. There can also be significant difficulties in schools accessing assistive technologies like overhead projectors for children.

If these children are not given the opportunity to learn in a combined and comprehensive way, not only will they lose out on their education, but they will lose out on the skills that are required to be able to develop a learning style as they go through school from a young age. The NCSE does not have a trained pool of teachers and filling vacancies can be difficult, which places an additional emphasis on the need for books in Braille.

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