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Laois Offaly Special Schools To Meet Junior Education Minister On Pilot Programme

Monday, 9 September 2024 14:19

The schools are due to raise their exclusion from the pilot programme.

Representatives from Laois and Offaly Special Schools are set to meet the Junior Education Minister to discuss their exclusion from a new pilot programme.

The scheme will see the delivery of therapy supports to 16 schools, all of which are based in Dublin and Cork.

Kolbe and St. Francis Special Schools in Laois, and the Offaly School of Special Education, are campaigning to be included in the project, and will raise that desire in a meeting with Special Education Minister, Hildegarde Naughton, later this month.

Parent at Kolbe, Orlaith Kerrigan, outlines what else is on the agenda:

Students in Laois and Offaly shouldn't be treated any less than those in Cork or Dublin. 

That's according to Junior Agricultural Minister and Offaly Senator Pippa Hackett, ahead of a meeting between Special Education Minister, Hildegarde Naughton, and three special schools in Laois and Offaly.

Minister Hackett says schools in rural Ireland should not be at a loss: 

Read more: Campaign For Inclusion Of Midlands Special Schools In Pilot Scheme Reaches Taoiseach

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