Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 1277: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a meeting between the National Educational Psychological Service and the Health Service Executive, midlands area will take place in regard to the needs for children in the autism unit at a school (details supplied). [1417/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I understand that an initial exploratory meeting took place between officials from the National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS, of my Department and from the HSE on 20 December 2005 and that a further meeting is planned for 8 February 2006. The purpose of those meetings is to discuss a proposal for a general review of the current situation in the unit in question and to explore how the services can best work together to respond to the needs of all the children. The needs of individual children will be discussed with the HSE and with the school community in the context of that work.