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Radio Foyle,25 Feb 2026,58 mins

All schools told to set up SEN classes

North West Today

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The Education Minister Paul Givan has told all schools to set up classes for children with special educational needs to reduce a shortfall. We get reaction from the principal of Ebrington Primary School, Brian Guthrie, and Emma Cubitt, Northern Ireland's Independent Reviewer of Autism. There is growing criticism over why it has taken Stormont officials more than five years to reach a decision on a planning application for a supermarket in the Waterside. The DUP peer Lord William Hay tells us the Department for Infrastructure must explain why the process has become so lengthy.

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