Ruairí Quinn
Question:461 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in County Donegal, which has 690 pupils with a staff of 43 teachers, 32 special needs assistants, a music therapist and a librarian, is struggling to continue to provide unique and much valued teaching and related services, including the provision of four classes for pupils with autism, two classes for pupils with moderate general disability, one class for pupils with severe and profound and learning disability and one class for pupils with specific learning disability/dyslexia; if, in the context of this range of much needed services, he will acknowledge the necessity to maintain the music therapy component of the integrated educational services which this school is providing; the extra resources he proposes to make available for the academic year 2008/2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25565/08]
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