Debate contribution: Special Educational Needs: Engagement with Minister of Health

Debate contribution by Mrs Linda Dillon on 1 June 2026.

MLA: Mrs Linda Dillon
Party at the time: Sinn Féin
Date: 1 June 2026
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Special Educational Needs: Engagement with Minister of Health
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5581138

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Thank you, Minister, for the answer. I am sure that, like me, you have been approached by many parents and families whose children are not receiving, whether in specific special schools or in specialist provision in mainstream schools (SPiMS), the speech and language therapy, physiotherapy and occupational therapy that they need due to their special educational needs. Have you given exact figures to the Health Minister for the gaps in the allied health professionals workforce that are required to be filled to meet special educational needs? If you have those figures, can we have them?

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This follow-up belongs to: Oral question AQO 3617/22-27.

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