Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for assitive technology in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38674/12]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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I wish to advise the Deputy 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 to schools to support children with special educational needs. SENOs also make recommendations to my Department where assistive technology support is required. The NCSE operates within my Department's criteria in recommending such support. I can confirm that an application for assistive technology support for the child referred to by the Deputy has been received in my Department. The child's school have been asked to provide some outstanding information in relation to this application and a decision will then issue to the school upon receipt of this outstanding information.