Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 24 September 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth

Recruitment and Retention of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion

2:00 am

Ms Caroline Cockerill:

I agree. The SNA has the chance to build that connection with a child that a teacher might not have a chance to build because they have 30 others in the classroom. The SNA is the one who has that connection and relationship with that child who might find school very difficult. You just cannot put a price on that. It is the root of everything. A child needs to be happy in school to learn and the SNA can help facilitate that.

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