Ulick Burke (Fine Gael)

I move amendment No. 2:

In page 7, line 43, after "an" to insert "individual".

The Minister of State in her last comments mentioned the individual. We are talking about children with special needs. The response must be consistent. The section refers to arranging an assessment of a student. This must be an individual assessment. That is what this amendment seeks to ensure. To ensure consistency with what is stated earlier in the Bill, the plan must be individual to the student. The individual needs are already established. This amendment is minor, but it copperfastens the need for an individual assessment. Special needs are involved because we are talking about an individual with identified special needs. It is important that the Minister of State use "individual assessment" rather than "an assessment" so that, in schools with groups of children with special needs, a collective assessment of those groups could not be conducted.