Parents of special needs children 'have their backs to the wall', Dáil told

Sinn Féin TD Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire said that families were "hurt and angered" by the plan to open special education centres. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Parents of special needs children "have their backs to the wall and are accepting inappropriate school places" the Dáil has been told.

The Dáil debated a Sinn Féin private members bill on Tuesday which called on the Government to "publish the data on the true number of children without an appropriate school place for September", as well as guaranteeing that a previously-proposed "segregationist" special education centre plan would not go ahead.