Séamus Healy (Tipperary South, Workers and Unemployed Action Group)

I had hoped the Minister would accept this was an extraordinary and exceptional situation because I had certainly not encountered a case involving the withdrawal of eight teachers, or one third of the teaching staff of a school. Moreover, I remind the Minister that last year this school lost three special needs assistants, SNAs, and will lose a further SNA this year. I ask him to consider putting in place a process by which the school might be able to enter the DEIS programme for which it is undoubtedly a candidate because of the various matters I have raised.

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