Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 528: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation regarding funding for educating children with Asperger's syndrome in a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if funding has been allocated for 2009; if staff have been recruited to deal with this unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26293/09]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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The school to which the Deputy refers applied to my Department for capital funding on 2nd June 2009. Their proposal includes 3 classrooms for a special needs unit to replace prefabricated units and associated external works. A decision will issue as soon as the application has been fully processed.

In the interim, it is open to the school to apply to the Department in relation to any additional temporary accommodation that may be required.