I raise the urgent need for special classes in Kildare South. Not a day goes by that my office is not inundated with calls from worried parents. One parent called yesterday about twins who need a special class. Thankfully, after 50 phones calls, one of the twins, my constituent's daughter, got a place 10 miles from where they live. However, the other twin, a boy, cannot get a class. I want to talk about Scoil Bhríde in Suncroft and its principal, Ms Sinéad Harte. She has a room available to go ahead with a special class. In dealing with the Minister and the National Council for Special Education, NCSE, I have been told it is a rural location. It is ideally located 5 miles from both Kildare town and Newbridge. I ask the Taoiseach to work with Scoil Bhríde in Suncroft to create a second class, which it was previously promised but which did not go ahead. It is badly needed in Kildare South.

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