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Doherty welcomes Down's bill  06.02.14

AN Inishowen election candidate has welcomed the decision to allow a bill go through to Dáil committee stage that would see more teaching hours for children with Down's Syndrome.
Primary school principal Albert Doherty, who is standing for Sinn Féin, said Deputy Finian McGrath's bill would allow Down's Syndrome to be added to the list of disabilities for which individual resource teaching hours is automatically provided.
This is regardless of a child's level of learning disability or whether the child has another disability. Mr Doherty paid tribute to Deputy McGrath's "Trojan efforts".
"The parents of Ireland who have campaigned for supports and rights for their children and of course the efforts of Down's Syndrome Ireland merit special praise at this time.
"Government decisions in the past deserved criticism in relation to this campaign and it is only fair on this occasion to welcome and support the Cabinet decision to allow the bill to proceed to the committee stage .
"The full allocation of resource teaching hours for pupils with special disabilities must be restored and an increasing enrolment of pupils at primary levels necessitates the removal by Government of the 'ceiling' on appointments of Special Needs Assistants," added Carn-based Mr Doherty, a former Independent FF councillor.
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