Paul Donnelly (Dublin West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

At least 13 families in Dublin 15 have no school place for September for autistic children. Ellis, aged 5, has no school place. He has applied for 24 schools and received 24 refusals. What is required? His parents need to fill in the school application, give two proofs of address via bills, give his original birth cert and baptismal cert and give proof of his PPS number, along with all relevant reports, such as private speech and language assessment, full autism assessment, two private OTs and public autism assessment. All these reports add up to around 100 pages. That is 24 packs of 100 pages to get 24 refusals. The State should not be putting this and other families in this place. What commitment can the Taoiseach give that Ellis and the other children will have a school place for September in Dublin 15?

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