Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Question 161: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will support a matter (details supplied). [19487/09]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, 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 (SENO) for allocating resource teachers and special needs assistants to schools to support children with special needs. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in allocating such support. When pupils move to a different school or progress to post-primary level, the new school must apply to the local SENO for SNA and resource support. The SENO will then process the application in the context of the existing levels of support in the second school.

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.