Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 700: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if resource teaching hours will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Offaly. [22236/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The National Council for Special Education, established recently and operational since 1 January 2005, is responsible for processing applications for special educational needs supports. Some 71 special educational needs organisers have been recruited and are a focal point of contact for schools and parents.

My officials have been advised by the National Council for Special Education that no application for special educational needs supports for the pupil in question has been made to the special educational needs organiser. It is open to the school where the pupil is to be enrolled to contact the special educational needs organiser directly regarding any special educational needs the pupil may have. My Department has also been informed by the special educational needs organiser that the pupil's needs are being met in the autistic unit attached to the school where he is attending.