Ms Niamh Jordan:

I agree with Ms Galster that the children would not be able to be in a mainstream school and would be based in special schools. The majority of the children in my school are well able to be in my school with the assistance of an SNA. Without that assistance, it would not be possible. Especially now with Covid-19 and all that has happened, we find our children need this assistance more so, and it is not only special needs children but all children who need this assistance. You could actually have an SNA in nearly every classroom to enable the children to avail of that assistance. Without it, I do not think it would work.