Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 September 2015
1349. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants working in schools at both primary and secondary level in counties Galway and Mayo at the beginning of September for each of the years 2009 to 2015 inclusive. [32223/15]
View answer1350. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of resource teaching hours in schools at both primary and secondary level in counties Galway and Mayo at the beginning of September for each of the years 2009 to 2015 inclusive. [32224/15]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 1349 and 1350 together.
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 (SNAs) to schools to support children with special educational needs. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in allocating such support.
The NCSE has published details of resource teaching and SNA allocations for schools from 2012 to 2015 inclusive on its website at www.ncse.ie.
I will arrange for the NCSE to reply directly to the Deputy in relation to applications for support sanctioned by the NCSE prior to 2012.
