Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Question 70: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding entitlement to redundancy by special needs assistants who were employed by his Department and have recently been made redundant; the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Cork who was made redundant in August 2010 and who has not yet received a redundancy payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10063/11]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Redundancy arrangements for Special Needs Assistants and the selection criteria for redundancy are set out in circular 58/2006. A redundancy situation may arise in a school when the special needs allocation is reduced by the NCSE. It is then the responsibility of the Management Authority of the school, who is the employer of Special Needs Assistants in the school, to ensure that the special needs allocation in the school is adjusted in line with the NCSE allocation.

I can confirm that an application for redundancy has been received by my Department from the person referred to by the Deputy.

Applications for redundancy are being received on an ongoing basis and are processed in date order of receipt. The application in question will be dealt with as soon as possible.