Joe McHugh (Fine Gael)

The Minister of State must assure parents. The holistic way in which special needs education is being addressed sounds good in general but it does not deal with the specific deficits experienced by parents who may have found their children in primary or secondary schools that do not have the teachers in place with the skills to deal with dyslexia. It is a bigger issue that must also be addressed on a mid to long-term basis at university and primary school teacher college levels.