Michael Healy-Rae
Ceist:282. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education the status of an application for an extra prefab by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28729/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraThursday, 2 June 2022
Ceisteanna (282)
Freagraí scríofa
I wish to advise the Deputy, that my Department has no current record of receiving an application for additional accommodation from the school in question. My Department has made contact with the school authorities and once a completed application is received, my officials will process this and issue a decision directly to the school authority.
The purpose of my Department’s ASA scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream classroom accommodation and accommodation for pupils with special education needs is available to cater for pupils enrolled each year, where the need cannot be met by the school’s existing accommodation.
At primary level, this situation generally arises to cater for a school’s accommodation requirements where an additional teaching post has been sanctioned by Teacher Allocation Section, or the requirement for a new class for pupils with special education needs has been identified by the NCSE, and all available alternative accommodation within the school is already being used for classroom purposes.