Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 1528: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will rescind the decision to terminate the employment of a special needs assistant at a school (details supplied) in County Limerick in view of the fact that the person has been employed there since April 2002. [1423/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Since 1 January 2005, the National Council for Special Education (NCSE), through the local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs), is responsible for processing applications for special educational needs supports from primary and post primary schools. Special Need Assistant (SNA) support is provided specifically to address the care needs of pupils with special educational needs.

My officials have been in contact with the NCSE regarding the case referred to by the Deputy. The SENO has advised that the child to whom the SNA was assigned has left the school and that there are no other children in need of SNA support in the school at this time. The SENO has already been in direct contact with the school on this issue.