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- Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: The next person to speak is Sinn Féin's Deputy Ó Murchú with seven minutes.
- Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: I thank the Deputy. Who would like to take that?
- Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: If Ms McGrory has the document about what her school has, could she forward it on to the committee? We now move on to Fianna Fáil's Deputy Martin Daly. He has seven minutes.
- Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: Ms O'Rourke mentioned there are 15,000 people waiting for an assessment of need and potentially up to 25,000 people. How much did she say 25,000 people would cost the State?
- Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: If we divide €625 million by 25,000 it would be €26,000. This is my concern.
- Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: That is all right. It jumped out at me that 25,000 assessments would be €26,000 each.
- Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: That is a lot more credible. I was wondering what was going on and I thank Ms O'Rourke for clarifying it.
- Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: I thank Deputy Ó Murchú.
- Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: As that was not on the agenda, if our guests do not have an answer, that is fine but they are welcome to answer it if they can.
- Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: Very briefly.
- Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: We will now move on to Fianna Fáil's Deputy Michael Cahill who has five minutes.
- Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: Sorry Deputy. The witnesses will not able to be answer that question. These people are here for us.
- Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: No-----
- Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: The Deputy cannot expect these witnesses to answer that question. That concludes our first round. If anybody wants to come in again, and I think everybody does, they have one minute. We will begin with Deputy Carrigy.
- Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: Deputy, you are well over your time.
- Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: Sorry Deputy, your time is up. The document Ms. Lawlor referenced would be useful. Could she forward it to us again? We would really appreciate that.
- Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: Deputy Ó Murchú has one minute.
- Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: I thank Ms Mortell. Does Deputy Keogh want one minute?
- Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: That concludes our discussion. I propose that we publish all the opening statements on the committee's website. Is that agreed? Agreed. I thank everybody for attending today, especially the witnesses, Ms O'Rourke, Ms Lawlor, Ms Mortell, Ms Walker-Strong and Ms McGrory. It is great to see, and it is one of the first times it has happened, all-female representation among the witnesses....
- Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)
Maurice Quinlivan: The clock is not working. I will do the time.