Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants who were employed in Cork city and county in each of the years 2011 to 2017. [46321/18]

Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible for allocating a quantum of Special Needs Assistant (SNA) support for each school annually taking into account the assessed care needs of children qualifying for SNA support enrolled in the school.

Annual statistics on SNA allocations are published on the NCSE website, , and include information on allocations by county. Allocations, broken down by county, are available from the 2012/13 school year onwards.

The statistics published by the NCSE indicate the allocations, i.e. the number of SNA posts allocated, for County Cork are as set out below.