Seanad debates
Thursday, 8 July 2004
Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages.
1:00 pm
Ulick Burke (Fine Gael)
The Minister has circumvented the issue by avoiding the use of the word "individual" through including words such as "specific" time and again. A specific assessment is an individual assessment and I do not know where the difference lies. The use of "individual" would be consistent with most sections of the Bill. This has been highlighted repeatedly and I do not know why "specific" is used in this instance rather than "individual".
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