Increase in special education provision is 'insufficient', say campaigners 

Cork-based secondary Autism class teacher and campaigner Graham Manning said the increases announced by Josepha Madigan were “tinkering around the edges”. File picture: Dan Linehan

The Government has insisted there will be capacity for children who need special school places or classes in the coming academic year, but campaigners have dismissed the increase in places as “insufficient”.

Minister of State with responsibility for Special Education, Josepha Madigan, said a record number of 2,535 special classes will commence when schools return, marking an increase of 383 classes from the previous school year.