DSI to present in Leinster House on education resources for children with Down syndrome

• July Provision for children with Down syndrome
  July Provision is the extended school year which is not available to the vast majority of children with Down syndrome, leaving them at a huge educational disadvantage.

• The current issues relating to Individual Education Plans (IEPs) at post primary schools
  Teachers’ Unions the ASTI and TUI have both recently advised their members to stop providing these critical planning processes for children with additional educational needs due to resource issues. IEPs are vital to ensure a positive learning environment for students with Down syndrome.

 

Thank you to all the parents who contacted us with your views – we will share these with all the TDs and Senators who are attending the briefing. If you would like your views included, please email us at info@downsyndrome.ie.

 

List of Ministers, TDs and Senators linked to education:

• Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh – joe.mchugh@oir.ie
• Minister of State for Training, Skills, Innovation, Research and Development John Halligan – john.halligan@oireachtas.ie
• Minister of State at the Department of Education with special responsibility for Higher Education Mary Mitchell O’Connor – mary.mitchelloconnor@oir.ie
• Senator Maria Byrne Seanad Spokesperson on Education and Skills – maria.byrne@oireachtas.ie
• Independent party Committee on Education and skills, Senator Lynn Ruane ruane@oireachtas.ie
• Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Education, Senator Robbie Gallagher  gallagher@oireachtas.ie
• Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Education in the Seanad, Senator Paul Gavan  gavan@oireachtas.ie
• Fianna Fáil Cultural and Educational Panel, Senator Lorraine Clifford-Lee – cliffordlee@oireachtas.ie
• Fine Gael Cultural and Educational Panel, Senator Gabrielle McFadden – mcfadden@oireachtas.ie
• Fine Gael Cultural and Educational Panel, Kieran O’Donnell – odonnell@oireachtas.ie
• Fianna Fáil Cultural and Educational Panel, Senator Dr Keith Swanick – swanick@oireachtas.ie
• Sinn Fein Cultural and Educational Panel, Senator Fintan Warfield – warfield@oireachtas.ie

 

Spokespeople:

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Education, Thomas Byrne TD – thomas.byrne@oireachtas.ie

Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Education & Skills, Kathleen Funchion TD – kathleen.funchion@oireachtas.ie

Green Party Spokesperson on Education, Catherine Martin TD – catherine.martin@oireachtas.ie

Fine Gael Spokesperson on Education, Tony McLoughlin – tony.mcloughlin@oireachtas.ie

Fine Gael Spokesperson on Education, Hildegrade Naughton – hildegarde.naughton@oireachtas.ie

Fianna Fáil Chair on Education, Fiona O’Loughlin – fiona.oloughlin@oireachtas.ie

Labour Party Spokesperson on Education, Jan O’Sullivan – jan.osullivan@oireachtas.ie

Solidarity/People Before Profit, Bríd Smith TD  – brid.smith@oireachtas.ie

Social Democrats Catherine Murphy TD for Kildare North – catherine.murphy@oireachtas.ie

Social Democrats Róisín Shortall TD for Dublin North-West – roisin.shortall@oireachtas.ie