Paul McGrath (Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 526: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of special needs assistants that have been appointed in primary schools in County Longford in each of the past five years. [6470/07]

Paul McGrath (Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 527: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of special needs assistants that have been appointed in primary schools in County Westmeath in each of the past five years. [6471/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 526 and 527 together.

There are currently 56 Special Need Assistants (whole-time equivalents) employed in primary schools in County Longford with 159 employed in primary schools in County Westmeath.

As the Deputy is aware, there are over three thousand two hundred primary schools in the country. The compilation of information regarding the number of SNAs appointed to individual schools would require an inordinate amount of administrative time in my Department.