Gerard Murphy (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Question 170: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a resource teacher will be allocated to a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6425/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I can confirm that an application for four hours resource teaching support was received for the pupil in question. Having considered the application, my Department advised the school that the pupil's special educational needs appear to be within the high incidence category. It would be expected that the pupil's special educational needs can be met from within the current resource-learning support teaching allocation available to the school.

The school currently has the services of one full-time resource teacher post, a shared learning support teacher and four hours part-time resource teaching support. It is a matter for the school to deploy these resources to meet the special educational needs of the pupils in the school.