Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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In general, the allocation of SNAs was frozen for this year because of Covid. The exceptional review process is available for any school that needs additional SNAs, and the front-loading of SNAs will commence from September 2021 in tandem with the rolling out of the school inclusion model.

There is nothing prohibiting an SNA moving from one school to another so long as they are wearing PPE which, again, is provided for under the budget. Their role is completely integral and a lot of children, those with special needs in particular, can get attached to individual SNAs. That is something that schools themselves work out between them in terms of trying to look after the kids.