Ivana Bacik (Dublin Bay South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The Taoiseach has acknowledged the system is not delivering for children with additional needs who require particular provision in the school system. Indeed, I joined a group of over 50 parents, and some children and grandparents, who resorted to a 24-hour sleepout last Friday in front of the Department of Education. I heard some harrowing stories there from parents and grandparents, including some who live in my constituency. I am so well aware that even where their children are able to access a suitable school place, they often have to be bussed out of their community, from Dublin 4 out to Dublin 15, for example, because there is simply so little provision of local places. When will the Taoiseach be able to say that any child who needs a particular school place or particular therapies will get access to that? What about the more than 14,000 children who are waiting for an assessment of need?

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