Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Schools that are prioritised, particularly around the exceptional review, are developing schools and also schools that have no SNAs. As the Senator knows, the allocations have not changed since 2019. However, approximately 1,000 extra SNAs were given in 2020 and also an extra 1,000 in 2021. The exceptional review process is there if a school feels it does not have sufficient allocation.

With regard to the Ukrainians, we now have 7,000 Ukrainian children in schools and part of the unified allocation under the special education teaching, SET, allocation will go towards assisting those children. They can also avail of summer provision but it is important they are looked after in the same way. We also have the regional education and language teams, REALT, which will assist with Ukrainian pupils as well.