Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Question 222: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17 will be granted a one to one tutor; and if the school will receive the maximum support. [12596/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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My Department allocates additional teaching support and special needs assistant support to second level schools and vocational education committees to cater for pupils with special educational needs. Each application is considered on the basis of the assessed needs of the pupil or pupils involved and having regard to a range of factors including the overall resources available to the school.

The National Council for Special Education, NCSE, has been established as an independent statutory body with responsibilities as set out in the National Council for Special Education (Establishment) Order 2003.

With effect from 1 January 2005, the NCSE through local special educational needs organisers, SENOs, will process resource applications for children with special educational needs. Where a pupil with special educational needs enrols in a post-primary school, it is open to the school to apply to the local SENO for additional teaching support and-or special needs assistant support for the pupil.