Carol Nolan (Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

SNAs play an invaluable role in our schools but there seem to be gaps in provision. When children with special educational needs transfer to secondary school, they get little or no SNA support. I have had parents come to me who have children with heightened anxiety, where the SNA was just walking the child to his or her classroom. We need to change that and ensure that a child with special educational needs in secondary school gets full support from an SNA. That support should not stop when they leave primary school. It is a problem that needs to be addressed.