Dáil Éireann - Volume 580 - 17 February, 2004

Written Answers - Special Educational Needs.

  274. Ms Harkin asked the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive the number of resource hours they were allocated following assessment. [4525/04]

  Mr. N. Dempsey: The school in question has been allocated 1.04 whole-time equivalent teaching posts to cater for its pupils with special educational needs. A recent review of the school's needs concluded that the level of special teaching support already allocated to the school was sufficient to enable it to address the special [323] educational needs of its students, including the student to whom the Deputy refers.