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 Angela Corcoran:
If I could add something, in addition to all the work we are doing across those five pillars and the plan, we have been listening very carefully to all stakeholders, including the SNAs, over the past two years we have been working on the plan. I urge members, if they can, to take time to look at the research we have done in preparation for the plan. We have held focus groups with the SNAs, school leaders and teachers. There are reports on each of those on the Government website. We have conducted the national survey of SNAs your colleague, Senator Curley, mentioned at the outset, so we are very much listening to what is happening on the ground and where the need arises. We are looking forward to developing actions to present to the Minister for his consideration that will address all those as best we can. The commitment is there. We are committed to delivering for children with special educational needs and, by extension, for the SNAs themselves.
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