Michelle Mulherin (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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909. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's policy regarding the specification for the provision of rooms for resource teacher in terms of the size of the room, sharing with other pupils and facilities and any other specific requirements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41797/14]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has produced a suite of technical guidance documents, which are available on my Department's website, www.education.ie, to assist design teams in best practice in the design and development of schools in green field site situations.

The current practice is to use a guideline of 15 sq. metres as the standard size for a special education tuition room. It is a matter for schools to monitor and utilise their allocation of additional teaching support to best support the needs of identified pupils, in accordance with my Department's guidance.

Michelle Mulherin (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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910. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Mayo has been refused funding of a devolved grant; the appeal options that are available to it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41798/14]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department considers that the school in question has sufficient accommodation to meet its current needs. My Department explained the position directly to the school recently in response to its application for grant aid. It is open to the school to submit any additional information that was not provided with the original application and this can be considered by my Department.