Has there ever been a more heartless Minister than the current Min for Education.I watched with a mixture of sorrow, anger and repulsion at her display in the Dail last night on a Private Members Motion on the Autism issue facing this country.
Her contribution consisted of reading, in a most dictatorial fasion,what looked like a 7 page ( may have been more) scripted reply to the motion. One could have thought she was discussing robots and not the subject matter, children.
As a parent with an autsitic son battling to secure ABA facilities for my 3 yr old i am obviously biaised on this topic. But i wish the Minister would show some compassion for us and not treat us in such a dismissive fashion.In reply Ruari Quinn, summed up the feelings of all parents going through this nightmare, we pray for the day when our kids can play with their older peers in a common playground. But first we have to teach them how to play...
Tonight the Dail will vote on the motion, it has no chance of succeeding due to the quasi political nature of how we do business in the Dail. Deputies will as usual toe the party line despite having private concerns on the questions at hand. A free vote on this important matter would enable TD's to vote with their conscience. And pigs may fly over Dail Eireann tonight..
Cantona7
Her contribution consisted of reading, in a most dictatorial fasion,what looked like a 7 page ( may have been more) scripted reply to the motion. One could have thought she was discussing robots and not the subject matter, children.
As a parent with an autsitic son battling to secure ABA facilities for my 3 yr old i am obviously biaised on this topic. But i wish the Minister would show some compassion for us and not treat us in such a dismissive fashion.In reply Ruari Quinn, summed up the feelings of all parents going through this nightmare, we pray for the day when our kids can play with their older peers in a common playground. But first we have to teach them how to play...
Tonight the Dail will vote on the motion, it has no chance of succeeding due to the quasi political nature of how we do business in the Dail. Deputies will as usual toe the party line despite having private concerns on the questions at hand. A free vote on this important matter would enable TD's to vote with their conscience. And pigs may fly over Dail Eireann tonight..
Cantona7