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
Mr. John Kearney:
To add to that, the State has opened 16 new special schools. New special schools are formidable undertakings for the State to take on. There are very specific, targeted training CPD programmes for the SNAs working in those schools as well, as they work and navigate the various challenges associated with opening the new special schools.
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