Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Government's approach to special needs education seems to revolve around fitting needs to resources rather than putting the needs of individual children first. The SENOs who decide schools' SNA allocations every year often do not even meet the kids involved but make decisions which affect the rest of their lives. The announcement of 566 new resource teaching posts is welcome, but until the Government invests in needs-based supports on an individual basis, there will be issues. Is there a plan to implement the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004? It would change things dramatically.

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