Taoiseach rejects claim that Government 'does not care' for children with additional needs 

Cian O'Callaghan said the relentless fight faced by parents to try and get their child a place in a classroom is driving them to the brink

The relentless fight faced by parents to try and get their child a place in a classroom is driving them to the brink, Cian O'Callaghan told the Dáil on Tuesday. Picture: Larry Cummins

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has rejected the suggestion that the Government "does not care enough" to provide appropriate school places for children with additional needs.

Social Democrats deputy leader Cian O'Callaghan put it to Mr Martin that successive governments have consciously failed these children, saying: "The State either does not care enough to provide appropriate school places or it lacks the competence to do so".