Fergus O'Dowd
Question:313 Mr. O’Dowd asked the Minister for Education and Science if resource hours will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26064/04]
View answerWednesday, 27 October 2004
Questions (210, 211)
Written answers
The school in question received a response to the application for special educational needs resources for the relevant pupil on 24 June 2004. This pupil's special educational needs are in the high incidence disability category and it would be expected that pupils within this category would have their special educational needs met from within the resource-learning support teaching allocation available to the school. The school in question currently has three full time resource teacher posts and one full-time learning support post.
Dan Neville
Question:314 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Education and Science if the provision of a special needs assistant for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will be reconsidered. [26065/04]
View answerI can confirm that my Department received an application for special needs assistant support for the pupil referred to by the Deputy. The application will be reconsidered in the context of any supporting documentation submitted to my Department.