Beverley Flynn (Mayo, Independent)
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Question 555: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will examine the file for two special needs persons (details supplied) with a view to providing for their needs as agreed by their parents and the national school they are attending. [21111/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The Deputy may be aware that the National Council for Special Education, NCSE, which was established recently and which has been operational since January 2005, is responsible for processing applications for special educational needs supports and deciding on the support appropriate to the school. A total of 71 special educational needs organisers, SENOs, have been recruited throughout the country and will be a focal point of contact for schools and parents. My officials have been in contact with the NCSE regarding the matter referred to by the Deputy. The NCSE has advised that a meeting between the local SENO and the school has been arranged in the coming days to discuss the matter.