Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 15 October 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

Education Needs of Visually Impaired Students: Discussion

11:00 am

Mr. Neville Kenny:

Detailed information is provided each year to schools by the SEC. The applications for reasonable accommodations are made by schools on behalf of students in their schools. Information is made available. There is no requirement for a diagnosis in order to access those reasonable accommodations.

Where the applications are made, the SEC is responding. The number of students who are availing of the scheme demonstrates how that responsiveness is being given effect.