Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 28 June 2012
77 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of the 2012-13 resource teachers and special needs assistant posts allocations and the schools they have been allocated to in the Dublin 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 areas. [31296/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraI wish to advise the Deputy that the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs), for processing applications from schools for special educational needs supports including Resource Teaching and Special Needs Assistant (SNA) support, to support children with special educational needs. The NCSE operates within my Department's established criteria for the allocation of such supports and the budgetary and staffing resources available to my Department.
SENOs are currently notifying schools of their Resource Teaching and SNA allocations for 2012/13, based on the number of valid applications received and, in the case of SNA support, the extent of the care needs of qualifying children.
The NCSE has published information in relation to resource teaching and SNA allocations on a county by county and school by school basis on its websitewww.ncse.ie. The information requested by the Deputy in relation to is therefore available on the NCSE website.
