I want to raise the employment of behavioural analysts who, as with other key members of staff in education, are being taken over by the Department of Education and brought into the public sector system. The Labour Court has been clear that the Department has to engage but the Department is of another view. I have received responses to parliamentary questions to this effect. Meanwhile, Saplings Special School in Kill in my constituency of Kildare North is extremely worried that it will lose its behavioural analyst, who has been a central figure in the lives of the children for more than a decade. Another 12 analysts are in this employment limbo. I am sure the Minister agrees this is a life-saving service for the children. These children have special needs and autism. The behavioural analysts have a right to secure employment.

Thank you, Deputy.

I hope the Minister agrees we have to do something about this urgently. Will the Minister tell me what he can do about this? The Minister, Deputy Foley, is not engaging properly.

The Deputy's question follows the preceding one coincidentally but very much on the same issue. I do not have the details of the school but I presume Saplings is a special autism school that was established approximately 12 years ago. I have knowledge of them and they do hugely beneficial work. As I have just been saying, we need specialist schools in some instances. It is not always a mainstream unit that is required. If the Deputy provides me with the details I will certainly commit to forwarding them to the Minister, Deputy Foley, to see what might be possible. I cannot commit on a specific case but I am very familiar with the good work of the schools.