Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 146: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review her Department's decision to withdraw funding for the outreach resource teaching previously provided to a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon in view of the fact that this matter is outside the remit of the NCSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21338/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy will be aware, the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs), for allocating resource teachers and special needs assistants to schools to support children with special needs. Another specific function of the SENO is to identify appropriate educational placements for children with special educational needs.

My officials have been in contact with the NCSE and I understand that the SENO has been liaising with the parents of the child in question to assist them in securing a school placement. I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the child enrolled in a special class attached to a special school on 19th September last.