Vol. 396 No. 6
40 Mr. Nealon asked the Minister for Education if she has any plans for providing extra school accommodation or extra facilities for helping dyslexic children and other children with difficulties, particularly with reading and writing, in view of the fact that there are only two specialist schools for such children in the entire country and in view of the fact that this is International Literacy Year.
Remedial education in ordinary national schools will continue to be the principal method by which my Department will cater for the needs of children with reading disabilities. In this context I have recently sanctioned an additional 30 remedial posts bringing the total of such posts to over 880. I have also recently decided that two pilot projects for the establishment of a primary schools' psychological service be initiated. When established, in due course, such a service should result in earlier and more comprehensive identification of primary school pupils with specific learning disabilities who would benefit from special remedial action.
