Willie Penrose (Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 267: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will confirm that her Department has received correspondence from persons (details supplied) in County Westmeath; if, in this context, she will take steps to ensure that the people concerned receive a full-time special needs assistant on the classroom as same is required on a one to one basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39859/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The National Council for Special Education has confirmed that the local special educational needs organiser (SENO) met with the parents of the pupil in question and the school principal on 21 November 2006 in the context of an application for special educational needs supports for the pupil. The parents provided the SENO with the correspondence referred to at the meeting. The SENO has also received additional reports from HSE personnel. The SENO advised the parents and school that all these reports need to be considered and undertook to revert to the school with a decision on the application within the week.