I propose to take Questions Nos. 101 and 104 together.
As the Deputy will be aware, 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. Additional teaching and SNA supports are allocated as necessary by the NCSE in line with my Department's policy to support children with special educational needs. Schools, which have enrolled pupils with special educational needs that are eligible for such support, apply to the NCSE for the allocation of the necessary resources.
I have arranged for the issue raised by the Deputy in relation to any instruction from the SENO in Meath to be forwarded to the NCSE for their attention and direct reply in this regard. The specific information requested by the Deputy in relation to County Meath is not readily available in my Department.