Special Educational Needs Staffing

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 21 November 2012

Wednesday, 21 November 2012

Questions (79)

Jonathan O'Brien

Question:

79. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that a person (details supplied) is not employed by the Special Education Support Service but is in fact on part-time secondment from a college. [51729/12]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills

Teachers continue to be employed by their Boards of Management while on secondment to work with the Special Education Support Service (SESS). There are eighteen full-time members on the SESS team together with one part-time specialist advisor.

Currently, the full-time members on the SESS team are seconded from their primary and post-primary schools. The part-time specialist advisor is on secondment from the college referred to by the Deputy.