Chris Andrews (Dublin Bay South, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Harcourt Terrace National School is located in temporary accommodation in a building that was not designed for primary or secondary school children. In September 2021, Harcourt Terrace Educate Together opened its second autism class in order to support further the autism community. The school has applied for an additional special needs assistant, SNA, to combat health and safety and child protection concerns, which the building presents, but it has been refused. The Minister of State, Deputy Madigan, cited Circular 0030/2020, which apples to a school's SNA allocation in a standardised situation, which is not applicable to this school as it is in a temporary building. Due to the exceptional circumstances in which the school finds itself, will the Taoiseach ensure that this SNA application will be considered as a matter of urgency?

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