Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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674. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the special education section within her Department has not replaced a person within the visiting teacher service and ensured that a report regarding a reasonable accommodation application has not been sent to the State Examinations Commission, in order that a child (details supplied) with hearing impairment may have a specialist examiner and aural assistance for the leaving certificate, despite the fact the oral exams commence on 16 April 2015; if her attention has been drawn to the stress this will cause to the child; if she will rectify this as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13887/15]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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I wish to inform the deputy that, while there was a regrettable delay in the processing of this application, the relevant report was furnished by the visiting teacher service to the State Examinations Commission prior to the Easter holidays. I am informed that the State Examinations Commission has been in touch with the student's school in relation to the application, and that all appropriate arrangements and accommodations are now in place for the student's oral examinations. The State Examinations Commission has also been in touch with the student's parents in relation to the arrangements for the oral examinations.