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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)
Micheál Carrigy: ...we publish their opening statements and submissions on the committee website. Is that agreed? Agreed. I will now invite our witnesses to make their opening statements. First, we will hear from the TUI, which represents 19,000 teachers and lecturers in the Irish public education sector. It is the third teachers' union to have met our committee. We would like to hear how education...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)
Mr. David Duffy: The TUI would like to thank the committee for the opportunity to make this submission on the topic of services and supports for autistic people. Data show us that disadvantaged schools enroll by far the most significant proportion of students with special educational needs. In terms of options for schooling, it is important that all options are available to a student with...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)
..., and I absolutely accept that it is an important part of it, but this is what we were asked to present in relation to it. It is quite a broad remit that we have. I can make very clear that the TUI's position on the July provision is that it is extremely important. It should happen and ideally it should be broader than it currently is. It should be more available than it currently is....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: May I ask Mr. Duffy for the detail on that? How many TUI teachers were engaged in it? How many teachers does Mr. Duffy believe need to be engaged on it, if the TUI has been in communication with them?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: But the TUI engaged with its own-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)
...medicalised model, there is general acceptance now almost 20 years after the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act, EPSEN, that the medicalised model is not the way to go. The TUI has had discussions with the Department of Education, the National Council for Special Education and quite a number of the disability rights groups. Indeed, we have made submissions to the...