Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 139: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a special needs assistant will be arranged for one to one sessions as required for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24134/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, 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 (SNAs) to schools to support children with special needs. My officials have been in contact with the NCSE and I am pleased to advise the Deputy that the pupil in question has been granted 4 hours resource teaching support as well as access to SNA support for the 2008/2009 school year. I understand that the SENO conveyed this decision to the school during the past week.

It is open to parents to contact their local SENO directly regarding their child's special educational needs using the contact details available on www.ncse.ie.