Mr. Eamonn Murtagh:

I am aware of the ongoing site acquisition for St. Teresa's Special School in Ballinasloe. I understand that it is progressing well. I will have to follow up on the specifics of it to provide the Senator with the latest position on it. More generally, in terms of planning for SEN provision within school planning areas across the country, as I outlined earlier, we work very closely with the NCSE on the identification of schools in a position to take on special classes, and support the delivery of that additional accommodation through the additional school accommodation, ASA, scheme. In the longer term, we are planning a number of years in advance to identify those schools that have the potential to make such provision into the future. That is an ongoing process. I will come back directly to the Senator on the issue of the site acquisition for St. Teresa's.