Special Educational Needs
Dail Éireann — 2023-05-16
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Pearse Doherty (SF), Donegal

I know the parents and board of management of St. Eunan's National School in the town of Raphoe have written to the Minister of State. A number of children who have a full diagnosis need an ASD classroom. There is a spare classroom in the school, and the board of management want to have an ASD classroom. This year, we have seen the terrible situation of a child having to leave the school in their catchment area because there was no ASD classroom in it. All three children I have spoken about have siblings in the school. They are seeing one child bussed off outside the catchment area while others go to the school within their catchment area. This discrimination needs to end. The classroom is there. I ask the Minister of State to sanction an ASD room and staff.

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Sitting date: 2023-05-16