Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 26 March 2014

Wednesday, 26 March 2014

Ceisteanna (191)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

Ceist:

191. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 525 of 11 March 2014, the number of children benefitting from special needs assistants support via the grant aid provision mentioned in that question, broken down by Health Service Executive area; and to whom an application for such grant aid should be addressed where a child lives in the HSE Dublin south east or north Wicklow area. [14243/14]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister of State at the Department of Health

My Department has asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy in relation to the number of children with a disability in receipt of assistant support from health providers to attend mainstream pre-schools and the local service issue that he has raised as these are operational matters for the Executive.