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. Frank Hanlon:
If there is confusion, we need to clear it up. On the guidelines the NCSE put out on reviewing schools’ SNA allocations, reviews are done every year. As Mr. Kearney outlined, the six-week window was to allow for the earlier release of allocations and everything else. The earlier the NCSE can review schools’ SNA needs and the earlier the schools can get the additional SNAs they need, the better.
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