Special Educational Needs.

Wednesday, 28 May 2008

Questions (199)

Ulick Burke

Question:

262 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason four hours of resource teaching support has been withdrawn from a person (details supplied) in County Galway whom the school feels would benefit further from this support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21226/08]

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Written answers

Minister for Education and Science (Deputy Batt O’Keeffe)

As the Deputy may be aware, the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs), for allocating resource teachers and special needs assistants to schools to support children with special needs.

All schools have the names and contact details of their local SENO. Parents may also contact their local SENO directly to discuss their child's special educational needs, using the contact details available on www.ncse.ie.

I have arranged for the details supplied by the Deputy to be forwarded to the NCSE for their attention and direct reply.