Barry Heneghan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)

Tá sé deas é sin a chloisteáil ach, lena bheith ionraic. We have to really look at what the NCSE says it is doing. It says that it wishes to expand provision to schools that do not yet have special classes.

I commend Minister of State, Deputy Moynihan, for engaging with me on this matter. I know he has a huge body of work but the fact is he is getting through it and did visit four schools in Dublin Bay North. We were lucky to get the Minister of State out and he has responded to a lot of my emails to help them. As I said, when he was there, he was blown away by what the staff were doing to cope with funding.

Both goals can be pursed together. We have a situation where children with eligibility letters are sitting in mainstream classes. The programme for Government says that we want every single child to not only survive but to thrive. We need these key asks to be put in together.

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