Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for funding for a sensory garden for a school (details supplied) will be expedited in view of the fact that the school has a successful Autism Spectrum Disorders, ASD, unit and a sensory garden is vital for that service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23221/18]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department provided very significant devolved funding to the school in question to provide a 470m² two classroom ASD Unit.

The grant approved included funding for a large central activities space in the Unit together with a 200m² secure hard/soft play area and six car parking spaces to meet the needs of the children attending the unit in question.