Vol. 553 No. 6
198 Ms Enright asked the Minister for Education and Science if he intends to provide grants or tax relief to parents of children with dyslexia for the purchase of assistive technology where such has been recommended for the children's education. [14983/02]
One of the recommendations of the report of the task force on dyslexia was that grants or tax relief should be available to parents of students with learning difficulties arising from dyslexia who purchase assistive technology for their children, where such has been recommended by an accredited expert. My Department is considering this recommendation along with the remaining recommendations of the task force.
Under present arrangements my Department provides funding to meet the special equipment needs of pupils with disabilities in primary, post-primary and special schools. The funding is allocated to school authorities to purchase the relevant equipment for the use of the pupils concerned, including those with dyslexia. Allocations of equipment grants are based on the professionally assessed need of individual pupils.
