Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 487: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if provision will be made for a resource teacher to assist a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16539/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy is aware, the Special Educational Needs Organiser (SENO) of the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible for allocating support teaching and special need assistants as a school-based resource for pupils in need of additional supports.

I understand that the school principal has been in contact with the local SENO regarding the child referred to by the Deputy and the principal will apply for additional supports to the SENO. A decision will be conveyed by the SENO to the school as soon as the application has been received and processed.