Written answers
Wednesday, 13 February 2008
Department of Education and Science
School Transport
9:00 pm
Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 343: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if free transport will be approved for a child with special needs (details supplied) in County Louth who is attending a primary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5490/08]
Seán Haughey (Dublin North Central, Fianna Fail)
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The School Transport Section of my Department has no record of an application for school transport for the pupil, referred to by the Deputy, in the details supplied. The National Council for Special Education has responsibility, through its network of Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs), for the establishment of special education facilities and for allocating resource teachers and special needs assistants to schools to support children with special needs. The parents/guardians of the pupil in question should liaise, in the first instance, with the local SENO. The provision of school transport will be considered upon receipt of the SENO's report.
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