Written answers

Tuesday, 15 May 2012

Department of Education and Skills

Special Educational Needs

8:00 pm

Photo of Tony McLoughlinTony McLoughlin (Sligo-North Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 238: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special need hours in total, relating to the number of pupils, that have been authorised for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 12 for the forthcoming academic year 2012/2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24109/12]

Photo of Ruairi QuinnRuairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that all primary schools, including the school referred to by the Deputy have been advised of their revised General Allocation Model (GAM) allocation for the coming school year, based on the number of mainstream classroom teaching posts in the school in the proceeding year, which itself is based on school pupil enrolments. In relation to any additional allocation of resource teaching time for children with low incidence special needs, which is not provided for through general allocation, I wish to advise that 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 educational needs. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in allocating such support, which now includes a requirement for them to have regard to an overall cap on numbers of posts available.

Schools have been advised to make applications to the NCSE for low incidence resource teaching and SNA support for the 2012/13 school year by 16th March, 2012. Schools will subsequently be advised by the NCSE of their allocation for the 2012/13 school year, based on the number of valid applications received. It is open to schools to contact their local SENO in this regard, using the contact details available on www.ncse.ie.

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