Disabilities Assessments
Dail Éireann — 2023-02-02
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Josepha Madigan (FG), Dublin Rathdown

The INTO was involved, along with other education partners. In fact, it welcomed assurances from the Department in respect of the new process yesterday. It issued a press statement stating that it is important "the new process for reporting of education needs will not be used as a replacement for assessments undertaken by educational psychologists and other health professionals". Obviously, there is concern relating to the general waiting times in terms of services and all that. The INTO stated it will be monitoring everything through monthly meetings and engaging with the Department and the NCSE until there is a review. That is an important point from the perspective of the Deputy. The Department is committed to monitoring the impact of the process but there will be a review at the end of the school year, in June, to see how everything has rolled out in the preceding months.

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Sitting date: 2023-02-02