Martin Ferris (Kerry North, Sinn Fein)
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Question 408: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason funding for part-time teachers at a special needs school (details supplied) in County Kerry under the heading teaching services for other institutions has been refused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39618/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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My Department allocates additional teaching hours to Vocational Educational Committees (VECs) to support the delivery of education programmes in a range of facilities, including special schools. Such allocations are made under the heading Co-Operation Hours with Other Institutions and are made in response to specific applications which are submitted by the VECs in advance of the commencement of the school year to which they relate.

My Department is currently undertaking a review of allocations to VECs under Co-Operation Hours with Other Institutions and the needs of the special school to which the Deputy refers will be considered in the context of this review.