John Brassil (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the highly unsuitable prefab accommodation for special educational needs provision in a school (details supplied) and ensure funding is allocated to build suitable facilities to accommodate this type of provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46574/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department received an application for additional accommodation from the school in question, in 2016, which included a request for temporary accommodation for resource teaching purposes. 

Following the appointment of an additional mainstream teacher at the school for September, 2016, a reconfiguration of the school’s accommodation, to facilitate the new post, resulted in a shortfall in resource teaching accommodation. 

In light of the school’s position the request for temporary accommodation was approved by my Department.