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The principal of a Clare school for children with learning disabilities has dismissed a recent ministerial visit as a "tick-the-box exercise". Representatives from a number of schools nationwide have attended a meeting of the Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth centering on the proposed redesignation of schools for children with mild general learning difficulties. Minister of State with Special Responsibility for Special Education and Inclusion, Michael Moynihan, visited St Anne's School in Ennis recently where a number of issues relating to the sector were discussed. Principal of St Anne's School, Rose Marie Flanagan, says while the engagement was positive, the aftermath has been disappointing.