Dan Neville
Ceist:66 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Education and Science when the planned appointment of 788 resource teachers will be made. [5750/03]
Vol. 562 No. 3
66 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Education and Science when the planned appointment of 788 resource teachers will be made. [5750/03]
I assume the Deputy is referring to the 788 applications from schools for resource and-or special needs assistant support which were recently reviewed by the national educational psychological service. The applications in question involved a total of 1,590 individual pupils in respect of whom support was sought. Of the 1,590 pupils involved, the review concluded that the applications in respect of 948, 60%, of these pupils conformed with departmental circulars and the resources sought in these cases have been sanctioned. In the remaining cases, where resource allocations were recommended by NEPS as a result of the review, the resources in question have been sanctioned.