Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 1194: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application by the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Clare for an autism unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25361/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I am pleased to advise the Deputy that my Department sanctioned a special class for autism at the school in question. A letter confirming the sanction issued to the school on 2 June 2005. Furthermore a detailed letter also issued to the school on 6 September 2005 from the special education section outlining the Department's response to various issues that the school had raised with it.

In addition, I am aware that my Department's school planning section recently forwarded an application form for major capital improvement works, form FLE, to the school authority. When the completed application form is returned, the issue of additional accommodation for the autism unit will be considered further by my Department's school planning section.