Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the decision by the Government to reduce the number of special needs assistants by 1,200 and, in particular, the decision by the Government to remove 4.5 SNA posts from the special needs school at St. Raphael's, Celbridge, County Kildare, and to ask the new Minister for Education and Skills to review the decisions and, in particular, to accept the appeal by St. Raphael's against this heartless decision.

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