Brendan Howlin
Question:480 Mr. Howlin asked the Minister for Education and Science whether a member of his Department's psychological service has liaised with the clinical services of the South-Eastern Health Board to establish the nature of the needs of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford and to make recommendations on educational provisions in view of the fact that mainstream primary education will be possible for this person only with appropriate supports and for whom special education has been deemed inappropriate as he is not mentally handicapped; and the steps, if any, taken by his Department to ensure that the necessary supports will be in place when he starts primary school in September 1998. [16288/98]