Judge queries if minister has 'set her face against funding' learning disability classes

Mr Justice Anthony Barr wrote that Minister Josepha Madigan (pictured) "appears to have been adopting an inflexible rule whereby she would not countenance the creation of any new SLD classes". File photo: Julien Behal

A High Court Judge has queried whether the Minister of State for Special Education has "set her face against funding" Specific Learning Disability Special Classes and is operating an "inflexible policy" after finding she acted against the law in a case involving a young boy with severe dyslexia.

In a written judgement relating to Judicial Review proceedings and delivered on Tuesday, Mr Justice Anthony Barr wrote that Minister Josepha Madigan "appears to have been adopting an inflexible rule whereby she would not countenance the creation of any new SLD classes".