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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 6 Oct 1998

Vol. 494 No. 4

Written Answers. - School Staffing.

Breeda Moynihan-Cronin

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437 Mrs. B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science the proposals, if any, he has to provide a resource teacher to support children with Down's Syndrome who are attending mainstream schools in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18561/98]

I am not in a position at present to allocate additional resource teacher posts. My capacity to allocate such posts in any given year is dependent on resources availability and the level of competing demand from other special needs areas.

I recently allocated 26 resource teacher posts to national schools with effect from September 1998. There are now 104 resource teacher posts in place in national schools.

The needs of the area to which the Deputy refers will be considered in the context of any additional resource teacher allocations which may be undertaken in the future.

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