Joanna Tuffy (Labour)

I support the amendment. I have experience of dealing with this issue that was raised with me by parents of children with special needs in a local school catering for children with autism. When I raised the issue with the Department of Education and Science, however, I was told it concerned the Department of Health and Children, and vice versa. The lines were crossed in that case but the proposed central body would help to prevent these situations from arising. If such an issue had to be dealt with, one could approach a centralised body that would provide an answer.