Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 433: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the necessary educational provisions will be made in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Mayo for the academic year 2009-2010 in view of the fact that they were not made for the academic year 2008-2009. [21216/09]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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The Department is in receipt of an application for capital funding to provide an ASD unit at the school to which the Deputy refers. On foot of this application the Department authorised the school to commission a feasibility study for the conversion of an adjacent premises for use as an ASD Unit. The Department is awaiting costings for this conversion. Once these costing are received and examined, further progress of this project will be considered. The Department will continue to work with the school towards an early delivery of accommodation for the ASD Unit.