288. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which the proposed reform of the assessment of need process will ensure that gifted and twice exceptional children those who are both highly able and who present with additional neurodevelopmental or learning needs are not inadvertently excluded from appropriate identification and support; if access to cognitive assessment will remain available where clinically indicated, particularly in cases where a child's strengths may mask underlying difficulties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23468/26]

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288. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which the proposed reform of the assessment of need process will ensure that gifted and twice exceptional children those who are both highly able and who present with additional neurodevelopmental or learning needs are not inadvertently excluded from appropriate identification and support; if access to cognitive assessment will remain available where clinically indicated, particularly in cases where a child's strengths may mask underlying difficulties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23468/26]

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