166. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to work collaboratively with the Teaching Council to review the current national third-level teacher training curriculum to improve the level of training for teachers at third level in order that all qualified teachers feel competent and are sufficiently supported in teaching children with additional needs in mainstream settings, in particular those on the autism spectrum; and his plans to create new pathways for special needs assistants that would like to upskill to the level of special education teachers. [15059/19]

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166. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to work collaboratively with the Teaching Council to review the current national third-level teacher training curriculum to improve the level of training for teachers at third level in order that all qualified teachers feel competent and are sufficiently supported in teaching children with additional needs in mainstream settings, in particular those on the autism spectrum; and his plans to create new pathways for special needs assistants that would like to upskill to the level of special education teachers. [15059/19]

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