Jen Cummins (Dublin South Central, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister. Going further than that, it is great to see there will be a roll-out of these services and supports to young people and children in special schools. From looking at it, what we would like to see from an education perspective is that young people who need a service in mainstream schools will be able to access it. There are children throughout the country who need that support. School is a fantastic place to have that support and I would like speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and other psychological services to be available in all our schools. We will be a fully functioning society when we have that available to all the students in our schools, at primary and secondary levels and in special education schools, like in other countries that have high functioning education systems and social, emotional and psychological supports for students.

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