Hanafin throwing good money after bad

EDUCATION Minister Mary Hanafin’s proposed ‘special needs’ spending is a classic case of throwing good public money after bad where child dyslexics - mainly boys - are concerned.

Those youngsters become dyslexic because of use of inappropriate training methods by primary teachers.

Now, instead of the minister getting them to adopt appropriate training methods, she is giving colleagues of those teachers millions of public money to support dyslexics in their impaired state.