Written answers

Tuesday, 20 March 2007

Department of Education and Science

Special Educational Needs

11:00 pm

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 898: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to ensure provision of facilities for children with autism attending a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if she has received a submission from the school authorities in this regard; her intention to favourably respond to the requirements, as submitted; if she will address this issue in 2007, through the use of contingency funds or otherwise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10470/07]

Photo of Mary HanafinMary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I understand that the National Council for Special Education has sanctioned a class for children with autistic spectrum disorder in the school referred to by the Deputy. My Department's School Building Unit has approved a devolved grant to the school management authority for the provision of an autism classroom and ancillary accommodation, and officials from my Department have been in contact with the school in this regard.

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