Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 25 June 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters

An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Department of Education

6:00 pm

Photo of Micheál CarrigyMicheál Carrigy (Fine Gael)
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Have we developed a model or a template as to how schools that have special classes should run? I do not think that, heretofore, there has been, and it is very dependent on the principal, and the principal decides what teacher goes into the class. Are we going to send out guidelines to schools with regard to what teachers teach in the special classes - that is, teachers with experience, so that we do not have the situation where it is someone coming straight from college without any experience who goes into that class? It is very dependent. Have we any template put together for schools?