Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 21 June 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

Revised Criteria for Qualifications of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion

Photo of Donnchadh Ó LaoghaireDonnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State. She did not give a timescale for that process, which, time allowing, she might do later. My second question relates to her position on minimum qualifications, which is that the review of the SNA contract, as part of the Building Momentum action plan, should be carried out and implemented first. I have put it to her before that this is putting the cart before the horse. Surely the contract should reflect the work that is being done at this time. It would be most logical to have an independent review of the current qualifications, which could have been begun some time ago, in order to inform a future contract. The Minister of State might be able to give us a timescale in this regard. Surely the carrying out of a review of the SNA contract and its implementation could take two or three years. Is that not the case?

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