Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 270: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will instruct the National Council for Special Education to extend the schools' appeals process it intends to have in place for the 2012/2013 school year allocation process to parents. [32422/12]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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As I advised the Deputy last week, the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is developing an appeals process which I understand will be in place when schools re-open in September 2012.

The Deputy will appreciate that I cannot speculate on the details of the process until it has been finalised by the NCSE.

However, I understand that appeals will be considered on the following grounds: (i) That Department of Education and Skills' policies were not adhered to or (ii) That due account of the evidence of educational needs of the child (in relation to additional teaching hours) and care needs of the child (in relation to SNA support) or the resourcing available within the school was not taken into account when applying the Department of Education and Skills' policy or (iii) A combination of (i) and (ii) above.

I have arranged for the NCSE to inform the Deputy directly when the details of the process are finalised.