Michael Moynihan (Cork North-West, Fianna Fail)

Going back to the Chairman's point about the teachers and then the redeployment that was there, it is very important that this redeployment scheme for the SNAs is proper. The Department, the NCSE and the Department are working with Fórsa. There is no point in losing a post in one part of the country and travelling 40 miles to the next post. That is not what we are looking at. We are looking at making sure there is redeployment in a meaningful way. Some of the schools come to us because of the need that was in a particular school. That need might have gone on to the post-primary school or would have transitioned out of it. They would readily accept that they are over quota as regards the SNA but it is a matter of making sure they have been deployed. A great many of the SNAs have built up massive experience. You meet them, talk to them and see the work they do. They are miniature therapists, for want of a better term, in the work they do. The work force plan will be developed over the next while. That is important as well for SNAs, but it is also important that there is a meaningful way. We are working with Fórsa to make sure we have the right measures in place for the SNAs.