Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 25 June 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Special Educational Needs: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed)

Mr. Dalton Tattan:

I will say a couple of things. We have been working with Fórsa on the temporary reassignment of SNAs to the HSE. More than 230 SNAs have been temporarily reassigned into the HSE and we are really appreciative of the flexibility that they have shown around that.

We also share some of the frustration in a sense because we would have liked to have this guidance out earlier. As I indicated, it is going out today. One of the stakeholders we will meet this afternoon is Fórsa. We are seeking to engage with people. I can understand some of the frustrations people feel in respect of these matters. Some of the issues Deputy Boyd Barrett mentioned are included in the guidance that was issued on Tuesday and the remaining items will be going out today. We would have liked it to have gone out sooner but most of the substantive work around having summer provision only became possible when we had that public health advice at the beginning of the month, so most of the work-----

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