The Summer Provision, which is generally offered to children with autism or with severe or profound disabilities, was extended. This provision was broken down into three different programmes: a school-based programme, a home-based programme, and a Health Service Executive-led programme
History
Country
IrelandPolicy Area
EducationMeasure
Additional learning supportEligibility
Children who had Down Syndrome, autism or a severe or profound learning difficulty; those who were in special classes in primary schools and special schools; those who were transitioning from early years into a special class in primary school or special school; those who were deaf or most severely hard of hearing; those who were blind or had a severe visual impairment; those who had moderate general learning disability; and those who were diagnosed with a severe emotional behavioural difficultyType
ServiceStart / Announced Date
12/06/2020End Date
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N/ARecipients
ChildrenRoute to the child
DirectSources
European Union Agecy for Fundamental Rights (2020) Coronavirus pandemic in the EU: fundamental rights implications - Ireland. 2 July 2020. Available at: https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_uploads/ie_report_on_coronavirus_pandemic_july_2020.pdf
Department of Education (2020) Government announces new Summer Provision 2020. Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20230316112230/https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/cab14-government-announces-new-summer-provision-2020/Access the full dataset here
