Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 717: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the application for a special needs assistant for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; when a decision will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11430/08]

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 (SNAs) to schools to support children with special needs. All schools have the names and contact details of their local SENO. Parents may also contact the SENO directly to discuss their child's special educational needs, using the contact details available on www.ncse.ie.

My officials have been in contact with the NCSE and have been advised that the SENO approved the services of a shared SNA for the pupil referred to by the Deputy before Easter. The school authorities have been notified accordingly.