Emer Currie (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for conducting a review of the process and of reading classes. She said it was an operational error, but an operational error does not give any comfort to families whose hopes were raised and who have now been disappointed. I refer to the postcode lottery in that children in certain areas may be able to access this type of education, facility and service, and yet children in Dublin West will not. I know how much we are investing in special education. It is only right and it is a very positive development. We say we will support these kinds of settings where they are needed, but I believe it is needed in Dublin West, to make it equitable compared to other parts of Dublin, for children who have been recognised by the NCSE, the special educational needs organisers and the school, as needing this additional support.