Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 21 June 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

Revised Criteria for Qualifications of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion

Photo of Aisling DolanAisling Dolan (Fine Gael)
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I thank the Minister of State for her contribution over this hour. She mentioned training in UCD and I wanted to follow up. Her opening statement referred to 80 hours of teaching and written assessments. That is a significant commitment. Approximately 500 people have done the course to date and another 1,000 are starting in September. Does the Minister of State believe this course could be rolled out to any other colleges around the country, if we are going to roll it out to the 19,000 SNAs? Does she have any thoughts on that?