Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 188: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) with Downs syndrome is being denied access to a school due to the lack of adequate provision of special needs assistance; her views on whether this situation is acceptable; the steps which she is taking to address this deficit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18256/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy will be aware, the National Council for Special Education is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs), for allocating resource teachers and special needs assistants (SNA) to schools to support children with special needs. I understand that the local SENO has sanctioned a full-time SNA to the school to cater for the care needs of the pupil referred to by the Deputy.