Vol. 483 No. 4
150 Mr. N. Ahern asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of national schools and the location of each which have special care assistants; the number of these which are regarded as special schools; the number of pupils with disabilities a school must have to warrant a care assistant; the number which will be appointed in 1998; the position of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9 on the list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20756/97]
My Department has allocated 270 child care assistant posts to 97 national schools. Eighty-eight of these schools are special national schools dedicated to catering for children with particular disabilities. The 270 posts in question are located as follows:
|
County |
Total No. of Schools |
No. of Special Schools included in total |
|
Dublin |
31 |
30 |
|
Cavan |
1 |
1 |
|
Carlow |
1 |
1 |
|
Clare |
3 |
2 |
|
Cork |
10 |
9 |
|
Donegal |
3 |
2 |
|
Galway |
4 |
3 |
|
Kerry |
3 |
3 |
|
Kildare |
3 |
3 |
|
Kilkenny |
3 |
3 |
|
Laois |
1 |
1 |
|
Limerick |
3 |
3 |
|
Longford |
1 |
1 |
|
Louth |
3 |
3 |
|
Mayo |
4 |
4 |
|
Meath |
2 |
2 |
|
Monaghan |
1 |
0 |
|
Offaly |
1 |
0 |
|
Roscommon |
2 |
1 |
|
Sligo |
3 |
2 |
|
Tipperary |
3 |
3 |
|
Waterford |
3 |
3 |
|
Westmeath |
3 |
3 |
|
Wexford |
2 |
2 |
|
Wicklow |
3 |
3 |
