Seán Haughey
Question:513 Mr. Haughey asked the Minister for Education the progress, if any, which has been made in the provision of appropriate education for children with autism; if she has received the evaluation study on the effectiveness of the TEACCH system of education conducted in Northern Ireland with children with autism between the years 1991 and 1995 and presented in Belfast on 25 April 1996; if she intends introducing the TEACCH system here and in particular to a school (details supplied) in Dublin; if she intends removing this school from its categorisation under schools for emotionally disturbed in her Department's directory of special schools and re-designating it as a school for children with autism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15690/96]