Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We all know the value of the summer programme and the Deputy is absolutely right. The feedback from teachers and parents is such that when children can partake in the summer programme, that regression is greatly reduced when they go back to school, which is why we have focused on it. The uptake of special schools has significantly increased, according to the inspectorate report on this.

We can delve down. There are figures-----

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