Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Solidarity)

This is good, right, and we have heard about the review and the overall look at that again. However, in 2020 their union had to launch a campaign, Respect for SNAs. We are into 2025 now. Why has it taken this long? Can I finish with one specific question? The new SNA review guidelines are causing a lot of concern due to the narrow eligibility and the restricting of schools' flexibility. It is going to amalgamate special and mainstream allocations meaning that the whole school will be assessed with the presumption that SNAs could be taken from mainstream to special classes, therefore potentially pitching one group against another. What is the Department's or the NCSE's view on that?