Disability Services
Dail Éireann — 2023-02-02
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Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (SF), Cork South-Central

It seems to me that a discussion needs to happen behind the scenes on this. A pilot would potentially be of benefit. The point about empirical evidence is fair enough but some of that might be down to a lack of research so a pilot might help to establish an evidential basis. The Minister of State can talk about schools being at liberty to use RPM but that is not necessarily to say they have the resources to use it. As I said, these things are not for free. I am glad the Minister of State is taking this on board and is aware of it. I hope that behind the scenes the Department can examine this carefully because in the instance of Fiacre Ryan and many other children and adults across the world, it has had clear benefits.

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Sitting date: 2023-02-02