Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 195: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a request for a special needs assistant will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Offaly attending a County Offaly national school; if the request cannot be sanctioned, the other services available to this child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19596/07]

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, for allocating resource teachers and special needs assistants to schools to support children with special needs. I have arranged for the details supplied by the Deputy to be forwarded to the NCSE for their attention and direct reply.All schools have the names and contact details of their local SENO. Parents may also contact their local SENO directly to discuss their child's special educational needs, using the contact details available on www.ncse.ie.