Disability Services
Dail Éireann — 2023-05-30
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Seán Canney (IND), Galway East

I thank the Minister of State for her comprehensive reply. Many parents of children have been waiting a long time for diagnoses. This week, I came across the case of a parent whose child was taken off a mainstream bus going to school due to behaviour. The parent is going back and over like a little ping-pong ball between the Department of Education, the school, the special education needs organiser, SENO, and God knows who else. They are all looking for reports from one another. It is completely disjointed. The mother is running around the place trying to get something sorted out so that the child can get to school. It seems the system is completely set up to be against this.

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Sitting date: 2023-05-30