Finian McGrath
Ceist:162 Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide figures on a matter (details supplied) regarding special needs assistants. [22804/11]
Amharc ar fhreagraWednesday, 14 September 2011
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The Deputy will be aware that 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. This now includes a requirement for the NCSE to have regard to an overall cap on the number of SNA posts.
The NCSE intends to publish details of all of the Special Needs Assistant allocations which they have made to schools to date, for the 2011/12 school year. This will be available on the NCSE website shortly at www.ncse.ie.