Mick Clifford: Decisions on special needs education deserve more than tweet testing

Education Minister's solution to a lack of school places for special needs children provokes an outcry, as does her method of delivering the message

Josepha Madigan announced a plan this week for the education of children with autism that has led to an outcry from parents.

This week there was a perfect example in how not to govern. Minister for Special Education Josepha Madigan took to Twitter to lay out a plan for new centres for children who can’t get a place in their local school. Most, if not all, of these children are on the autism spectrum.