Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 459: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if pupils will lose the special needs assistants allocated to them (details supplied) when they transfer from one school to another. [12220/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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With effect from 1 January 2005, the National Council for Special Education is responsible for meeting the special educational needs of children with disabilities. Since that date, the council has been resourcing schools to meet such needs on receipt of applications in respect of individual children. Therefore, it is open to a school that wishes to seek a special needs assistant for a particular child to apply to the council through their local special educational needs organiser, SENO, and in this regard all schools have been informed of the contact details of their local SENO.

Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 460: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the money available for primary schools that wish to source speech and language therapy for pupils. [12221/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The provision of speech and language therapies is a matter for my colleague, the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children.

Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 461: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will sanction a special needs assistant for the special learning class in schools (details supplied) in Dublin 10. [12222/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has recently sanctioned a special needs assistant post to the special class in question. All allocations are made on a temporary basis and subject to review in light of the pupils' emerging needs.