Parents of special-needs children in Dáil protest

on 04/07/2012 15:50:27

Parents of children with special needs are taking to the streets of Dublin this evening to protest against a new range of cutbacks planned for the new school year.

The Alliance Against Cuts in Education called the reduction in the number of Special Needs Assistants next year "an abuse" of their children's human rights.

Protestors are marching from Dame Street, and are due to begin a demonstration outside the Dáil at 5pm.

Barbara Brack from Lucan, a parent of a child with Special Needs, said: "Ruairi Quinn once said that the best gift we cold give our children was an education. Well, give our children their human rights of an education. Let them succeed.

"These are the most precious things we own in life. We're here to fight for them…We won't be going away."