Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the officials from the National Council for Special Education and the Department. I appreciate their presence today.

In my constituency of Kerry, principals and parents have raised the allocation of SNAs. I very much welcome the rollover of SNA allocation and SET allocation from last year to this year. That is very positive and progressive. Notwithstanding that, the needs of schools change every year. I could give a number of examples, but one in particular stands out. Following its notification of allocation, a school received applications from four students with additional needs and therefore it obviously would require further SNA support. However, it has been advised that the opportunity to give SNA support will need to be reviewed in the autumn. What exactly does that mean? What timescale is involved?