Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 12 May 2004
124 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Science , further to Parliamentary Question No. 285 of 30 March 2004, the way in which or when he proposes to improve the situation in line with requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13893/04]
View answerThe processing of applications for special educational supports referred to in my earlier reply to the Deputy has not yet been completed. However, the objective is to complete the process and notify applicant schools of the outcome before the end of the current school year.
With regard to the existing level of support available to the school referred to by the Deputy, my Department's records show that the school had the services of two shared learning support teacher posts. However, I have had the matter investigated and have learned that there was a re-organisation of the learning support service at the school. The school now has the services of one learning support teacher shared with another school. The Department's records have now been adjusted accordingly and I apologise to the Deputy for the earlier inaccurate information.
