I want to start with the Dublin 15 special education task force that was clearly set up to box the issue off the agenda during the general election. The report has not been released. It is becoming like the third secret of Fatima. Will the Government release it? Many parents had to take to the streets and we want to see the recommendations and what the Minister will do about them. Who dreamed up the inclusive special schools the Minister announced? Why would the Minister announce a new model of special classes without talking to Inclusion Ireland, AsIAm, special education teachers, unions, SNAs or parents, that is, the people actually affected by this? The Minister only spoke to the managerial bodies of schools. Is this model more inclusive because there will be more students in the classroom? The numbers will increase from six to 12. The Minister can clarify this point, but it appears that instead of an autism-specific or dedicated additional needs class, part of the day will be spent in mainstream classrooms of 30 where students will struggle and part of the day in a new special model the Minister has created. That will be considered to be the creation of a special class. It is a stroke to sort out the problem of waiting lists for special classes. I have been told of 19 students in Dublin 15 who do not have secondary school places. What the Minister has proposed seems to be the solution to this, but children are entitled to what is best practice. They should not be pushed into a reduced form of education. I want to lend my support to the Save our SNAs campaign. I will raise the idea of an alternative circular at the education committee. I fully support the women fighting for this.

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