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Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 13 March 2013

Wednesday, 13 March 2013

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Regina Doherty

Question:

81. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the additional 430 resource teachers that were held back to be sanctioned, are now being allocated and to what schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13343/13]

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The Deputy will be aware that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs), is responsible for processing applications from primary and post primary schools for special educational needs supports, including Resource Teaching support for children with more complex special needs. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in allocating such supports.

The NCSE allocated the majority of its Resource Teaching supports to schools for the 2012/13 school year, prior to the beginning of the school year.Schools were then asked to forward any outstanding applications for Resource Teaching support to the NCSE by 5th October, 2012.

The NCSE subsequently provided a second round of Resource Teaching allocations to qualifying schools in November 2012. This second round of allocations allocated 430 additional posts to schools, with only a very small number of posts being retained for emergencies throughout the school year. Details of all of the resource teaching allocations which have been made by the NCSE are now available on their website at www.ncse.ie.

The NCSE have now asked all schools to forward applications for Resource teaching Support for the 2013/14 school year to the NCSE by 15th March, 2013.

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