Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I would take a slightly different approach from that of the Chair. In terms of SNAs, one cannot measure the outputs in educational terms because they are not teachers and are not there to teach but to assist the individual pupils with their needs, such as helping them go to the bathroom, to get on and off buses and with extra-curricular activities such as swimming. Therefore, it is much harder to measure SNA outcomes.

I would be wary of trying to get an outcome based on literacy and numeracy. That should be based on the class as a whole rather than individual pupils who have access to SNAs.