Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the funding request for an autism unit for a school (details supplied). [54426/22]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department is not in receipt of an application for funding under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) Scheme, from the school in question.

It is open to the school authorities to submit an application for assessment and my officials have sent the necessary forms and information to the school to do so.

The purpose of the ASA scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream classroom and Special Education Needs (SEN) accommodation is available to cater for pupils enrolled each year, where the need cannot be met by the school’s existing accommodation.