Ms Caroline Quinn:

It is deemed that there will be 23,179 SNAs in the system in September. That breaches the cap that has been set, perhaps by the likes of the Department of public expenditure, over the years. The system has sought, under the reviews, to see where there is surplus in the system. We are aware that there is surplus in some schools and not enough SNAs in others, but the redeployment of SNAs will not happen until the following school year. That is actually causing quite an issue for the 2025–26 school year.