Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

This is straightforward. We have had an over and back. Like Deputy Ó Ríordáin, I brought it up with the Taoiseach and the Minister of State. As I told her recently, I happened to meet representatives of Scoil Mhuire na nGael in this House and they said they initially thought they may lose two teaching positions and they will definitely lose one. Fiona Mhic Chonchoille of Scoil Naomh Lorcan, Omeath contacted me to say that special education teachers were at their wits end. We are hearing about increased numbers but we are not seeing it. We are talking about kids with complex needs who at this point in time might be scoring highly in maths and English, but if they do not get the supports on the basis of their complex needs, as other speakers have said, they will be forced into special schools. We need to look at these anomalies and deal with this.

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