Cormac Flynn’s barrister said Minister for Education decided to close schools during Covid-19 pandemic ‘without ensuring that the educational needs of the complainant were provided for’
Eithne Walsh, mother of Cormac Flynn, said the decision by the Workplace Relations Commission was 'an extremely important recognition' of her son's right. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collinshas been ordered to pay €5,000 to a legally blind student who was denied access to a summer tuition programme during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Mr Flynn, who was represented by barrister James Kane , instructed by Sinéad Lucey of the Free Legal Advice Centres , was in his Junior Cert year when lockdown was imposed and sat his Leaving Cert in June 2023. Mr Flynn’s mother, Eithne Walsh, said she had applied for the summer provision scheme in June 2020 thinking “someone would understand Cormac’s needs”.
Adjudicator Catherine Byrne noted that State spending on the programme and the number of children enrolled in it had expanded during the pandemic, with tuition being offered on the basis of individual needs rather than specific disabilities. Commenting on the tribunal’s decision, Ms Lucey of FLAC said it was “a testament to the bravery and resilience of our client and his mother”.
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