Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

Perhaps I could prevail on the Ceann Comhairle to call me on the Adjournment on the matter. These 90 pupils with special needs in a school under great pressure are among the most vulnerable in our society. It is not appropriate to cut the number of SNAs from 17 to five and threaten to come back take out some of the teachers. Whatever we need to do in this environment of cuts, I suggest to the Tánaiste that we should protect the children with special needs.

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