The Deputy will be aware that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE), through the local special educational needs organiser (SENO), is responsible for processing applications from schools for special needs supports (SEN) such as resource teaching and special needs assistant (SNA) support on the basis of applications in respect of individual pupils.
The NCSE has confirmed that the pupil in question has an allocation of 3.5 individual resource teaching hours per week and also has shared access to the existing SNA support in the school. It is open to the parent to make direct contact with the local SENO regarding the SEN supports that are in place. Contact with the relevant SENO can be made by accessing the NCSE website at www.ncse.ie or by contacting the NCSE, Mill Street, Trim, Co. Meath, telephone number (046) 9486400.