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 Rose Conway-WalshRose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I do not have any further questions. The accreditation needs to be there as soon as possible and it should have been there from the beginning. The commitments have been made by the Minister of State today on pathways, having the accreditation, widening to the rest of the country and having a review. I hope that will be a 360-degree evaluation and the families with which SNAs are working are spoken to as well etc. We have made steps forward with this and I look forward to updates as we go along. There is also the question of remuneration, which must go with the extra qualifications as well. I thank the Minister of State.

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