Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a school (details supplied); for the development of the building which is no longer fit for purpose, and for staffing from 2017 onwards. [11634/16]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The school to which the Deputy refers is a recognised special school. In the case of special schools, the National Council for Special Education allocates staffing resources on an ongoing basis to provide for the number of pupils enrolling taking into account the disability categorisation of those pupils, and in accordance with the criteria set out in my Departments Circular 0042/2011.

In relation to school accommodation needs, it is open to schools to submit an application to my Department so that long-term accommodation requirements can be addressed. In that regard, funding was approved on a devolved basis to the school concerned by my Department in April last year for building improvement works and also for additional accommodation to meet the schools immediate accommodation needs. My Department has not since received a further application from the school concerned.