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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (27 Jun 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a specialised reading school (details supplied) has been informed it will have no special needs assistant support in September 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28176/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (27 Jun 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a provision whereby it is accepted policy for schools targeting children with special educational needs to be able to provide special needs assistant support and thus not have their funding for such cut entirely. [28177/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (27 Jun 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the person or body that has ownership of the site of a campus (details supplied). [28218/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (27 Jun 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he had a contingency plan in place when a company (details supplied) went into examinership in January 2018; and if not, the reason therefor [28219/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (27 Jun 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will now take back full ownership of a building (details supplied). [28220/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (27 Jun 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a more proactive approach was not taken regarding a campus (details supplied) in view of concerns that led to his Department instigating the Thorn investigation. [28221/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (27 Jun 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide the facilities that the schools in Maynooth need before the new term in September 2018 and subsequent years while the community in Maynooth and its hinterlands are awaiting the school. [28222/18]

Special Needs Assistants: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: On a point of information, the Deputy is referring to me.

Special Needs Assistants: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: It is not a mistruth.

Special Needs Assistants: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: I have to say something because the Deputy is referring to me.

Special Needs Assistants: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: Can I come in on this? This came up earlier in the debate when the Leas-Cheann Comhairle was in the Chair. The Deputies are referring to a vote they called on Wednesday, 30 May. The vote was on special educational needs. They called a division on that and were embarrassed afterwards because it was revealed.

Special Needs Assistants: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: That is what they are talking about.

Special Needs Assistants: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: To clarify, that is what they are referring to.

Special Needs Assistants: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: They are saying I misled people. I did not.

Special Needs Assistants: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: They called the vote. It is on the record.

Special Needs Assistants: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: The Deputies are embarrassing themselves further. They already embarrassed themselves that night and they are embarrassing themselves further by raising it again. Obviously I touched a bit of a nerve.

Special Needs Assistants: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: I wish to share time with Deputies Pat Buckley and Martin Kenny.

Special Needs Assistants: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: I welcome the motion which Sinn Féin will support and the amendment put forward by Deputy Thomas Byrne as they are logical. I acknowledge the invaluable work of special needs assistants. We cannot underestimate the difference they make to a student. They can be the difference in allowing a student to attend mainstream school and very helpful in dealing with any issue being experienced...

Special Needs Assistants: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: That is factually incorrect. They called a vote and they were embarrassed because they did not know what they were calling a vote on.

Special Needs Assistants: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: It is a point of order.