Jim Walsh (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It can be done very easily, as the vote is done by post.

While the Government is diverting our attention to these peripheral matters, parents who are trying to get their children who have special needs into pre-school and school where they can enhance their prospects of playing a meaningful part in their lives and development, are not being supported as they should be. Everybody recognises that early intervention is essential in all these cases. There should be more support from the HSE for certain bodies. Resources are being curtailed, but these should be priorities. I ask the Leader to bring it to the Minister’s attention and arrange an early debate to focus on these important issues which affect a significant proportion of people who are doing their best in difficult circumstances to ensure their children are given a better opportunity in life. We should support it.