The new classes will cater for over 700 children in 113 mainstream primary and post primary schools and will bring the total number special accommodation rooms in mainstream facilities to over 740 across the country.

The classes which have lower pupil-teacher ratios are one of the options available to parents of children with significant needs who cannot be educated in a mainstream room.

The group is also launching a new booklet to help parents choose a school for their child.

Shay Goulding, is the Head of Operations with the NCSE:In other related news, a principal of a Dublin school has said any further cuts to the sector will be detrimental to a child's education.

He was responding to reports yesterday of a rift between coalition partners in relation to a saving of 100 million euro that needs to be made by the Department of Education.

It's feared that class sizes will grow to some of the worst in the world as teachers are let go to meet the savings target.

John Boyle, Principal of St. Colmcille's National School, in Knockline in Dublin describes the effects the proposed cuts would have on his school: