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Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 1 Feb 1978

Vol. 303 No. 2

Financial Resolutions, 1978: Financial Statement, Budget, 1978. - Handicapped Children

Here I would also like to give special mention to one provision which has already been included in the published public expenditure Estimates and which serves to emphasise that since we have taken office we have been concerned not simply to implement manifesto commitments but also to take a fresh look at all sorts of problems which deserve attention. In recognition of the financing problems experienced by the special schools for handicapped children, I have approved an increase of one-third in their rates of capitation grant with effect from the 1977-78 school year. I have also approved a similarly increased rate of equipment grant for special classes and medical classes in ordinary national schools.
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