Theresa Ahearn
Question:50 Mrs. T. Ahearn asked the Minister for Education the reason she did not attend or was not represented at the Dyslexia Conference at UCD held on 15 May 1993; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Written Answers. - Dyslexia Conference.
Austin Currie
Question:63 Mr. Currie asked the Minister for Education the reason she did not attend or was not represented at the Dyslexia Conference at UCD held on 15 May 1993; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Donal Carey
Question:64 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Education the reason she did not attend or was not represented at the Dyslexia Conference at UCD held on 15 May 1993; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Paul McGrath
Question:67 Mr. McGrath asked the Minister for Education the reason she did not attend or was not represented at the Dyslexia Conference at UCD held on 15 May 1993; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Paul Bradford
Question:82 Mr. Bradford asked the Minister for Education the reason she did not attend or was not represented at the Dyslexia Conference at UCD held on 15 May 1993; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Jim Higgins
Question:229 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Education the reason she did not attend or was not represented at the recent Dyslexia Conference at UCD on 15 May 1993.
I propose to take Questions Nos. 50, 63, 64, 67, 82 and 229 together.
While I very much appreciated the invitation to perform the official opening of the recent Dyslexia Conference, I was unfortunately unable to attend due to a number of prior engagements on the day in question.
The invitation to open the Conference was directed to me personally as Minister for Education. As far as I am aware the organisers did not suggest or request that an official of my Department substitute for me in my absence.
I would like to assure the Deputies, however, that I am very aware of the difficulties experienced by children with a specific learning disability, sometimes referred to as dyslexia, and I will be giving full consideration to the recommendations of the Special Education Review Committee in this regard.