Kathleen Funchion (Carlow-Kilkenny, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Are the special education needs organisers, SENOs, who oversee special needs assistants responsible for them? Several people have contacted our office about an anomaly in the sector whereby many who have been in a job for quite a long time but whose hours might have been reduced are penalised if they get work in another special needs role because they are unable to carry forward their yearly increments. If a full-time role comes up in a school, those who have been trainees there for several years are able to get that role ahead of those in an existing position in the school. Should the SENO or the school principal and the board of management be the first point of contact for special needs assistants? Which is in charge on this issue?

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