Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 424: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary with dyslexia will be allocated a laptop computer. [29726/04]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The Department of Education and Science does not have a record of an application for a grant in respect of the equipment for the person referred to by the Deputy. I have asked officials from the Department to contact the school authorities about the matter, with a view to the speedy resolution of it.

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 425: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason, following the allocation of 12 hours special needs assistance for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford, no teaching resource hours were allocated; the options now available to this person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29750/04]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The pupil did not qualify for resource teaching support on the basis of the application originally submitted to the Department of Education and Science. The school in question has since furnished additional documentation in support of the application. Officials from the Department are liaising with the National Educational Psychological Service on the matter and a decision will be conveyed to the school as soon as this process has been completed.