John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 217 of 29 November 2016, when a response will issue from the NCSE (details supplied). [13913/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy is aware, the National Council for Special Education (NCSE), which is an independent statutory agency, is responsible, through its network of Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs), for processing applications from schools for special educational needs supports, including SNA support. As the question previously raised by the Deputy related to an application for SNA support for an individual child, I arranged for the question to be forwarded to the NCSE for direct reply to the Deputy.

The NCSE has informed my Department that there is insufficient evidence in the professional report submitted with the application of significant care needs. The NCSE has confirmed that they will reply directly to the Deputy with regards to the application.