Vol. 426 No. 5
330 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Education the arrangements which exists in County Meath for children who have been assessed as dyslexic and in need of full-time remedial education to overcome this problem, and the plans, if any, she has to improve these facilities.
The educational needs of children with specific learning disability, sometimes referred to as dyslexia, are generally met within the ordinary school system, employing a variety of approaches to suit individual needs, with the help, where appropriate, of remedial teachers.
There are 28 remedial teacher posts in County Meath and 76 per cent of pupils in the county are attending schools which have the services of a remedial teacher.
I am currently examining the scope for the deployment of additional teaching resources to children with special eductional needs and the appointment of additional remedial teachers will form a key element in this consideration.
In this connection the Programme for a Partnership Government provides for the recruitment of 500 remedial teachers by September 1996.
