Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has described the government’s performance and response on early intervention for children with special needs as abysmal. The Sinn Féin TD raised the issue with the Minister for Health, Simon Harris, in the Dáil this week and told him about a constituent whose child will have to wait 52 months […]
Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has described the ongoing delay in supplying early intervention for children with profound speech and language difficulties as deeply damaging for children. In written reply from the Health Service Executive (HSE) to Deputy Crowe they reveal that there is a total of 6,480 children waiting for treatment or an […]
Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has described the 42 month delay for children accessing speech and language supports from a school in Dublin 24 as appalling and said that the concept of early intervention has been shredded. Speech and language therapy is delivered through Chambers House in Tallaght and a disability team are responsible […]
Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has described a three year waiting time for speech and language therapy for a partially deaf child from his constituency as cruel and unacceptable. The child’s parents were informed by HSE officials in Chamber’s House Tallaght that their little girl would have to wait up to three years for […]
Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has described the long the delays for children with particular special needs and trying to access services and supports in Chamber House in Tallaght as unacceptable. In a recent reply from the Health Service Executive Deputy Crowe was informed that the current waiting time to access the Early Intervention […]
Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has criticised the Government for breaking their Programme for Government commitment to develop a new in-school speech and language therapy model. The Sinn Féin TD believes the delay in delivering supports to children with impairments may explain part of the reluctance of some schools to admit children with complex […]
Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has described new information coming from the Department of Education, that 544 schools across the State do not have access to psychologists from the National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) to carry out assessments of need, as shameful. The Sinn Féin TD said that the lack of formal psychological assessments […]
Responding to the launch by the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) of a review into special education, Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, said the first major hurdle was to get the Minister for Education, Ruairí Quinn, to implement the key recommendations of the report. Deputy Seán Crowe said: “I would like […]
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