Seán Ardagh (Dublin South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 790: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will be allocated resource teaching support. [20690/07]

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. My officials have been in contact with the National Council for Special Education and I understand that the application on behalf of the pupil in question did not meet the criteria for allocation of individual resource hours.

The special educational supports provided to second level students vary according to the students' needs. Those students with dyslexia are normally integrated into ordinary classes. In such situations they may receive additional support from the remedial/learning support teacher, guidance counsellor and individual subject teachers. All second level schools in the free education scheme have an entitlement to a teaching allocation in respect of remedial/learning support teaching and guidance provision.

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.