Tánaiste defends Government after coming under fire over special education centres proposal

The Government is planning to create special education centres as an emergency response to the shortage of appropriate school places for vulnerable children.

 The Government is planning to create special education centres as an emergency response to the shortage of appropriate school places for vulnerable children.

Leo Varadkar has said that Minister for Special Education Josepha Madigan is willing to use her powers to compel schools to provide additional classes to ensure children with special education needs can be accommodated.

It comes as the Government has been slammed in the Dáil for the way in which a proposal for so-called special education centres was handled.