Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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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. 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. My officials have been in contact with the NCSE regarding special needs assistant support for the pupil referred to by the Deputy. The NCSE has confirmed that the SENO has received an application for such support from the school. The SENO has requested additional information from the school in support of the application. Following receipt and consideration of this information, the SENO will be in a position to convey a decision on the application directly to the school authorities.