Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 1 July 2015
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection
Role of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion
1:00 pm
Mr. Dessie Robinson:
Senator D'Arcy asked me to comment on the question of the dogsbody. If "dogsbody" is too strong a word, the fact of the matter is that the definition of a dogsbody is someone who does anything and everything within the school. What I meant was that an SNA is not a whole-time resource for the school to do anything and everything that anyone wants. His or her job is to look after the children. That is the point I wanted to make.
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