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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Recruitment and Retention of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: It is one of the modules.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Recruitment and Retention of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: Again, it is something those 72 hours could be used for.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Recruitment and Retention of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: I have a lot of friends who are SNAs and I did not know that SNAs are not allowed to speak to parents about the progress of the children they are working with. In schools I have worked with, the SNAs and parents always had a very close relationship. These SNAs are closest to the children and they are a gateway to meaningful participation in accessing the curriculum. I see it as a sign of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Recruitment and Retention of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: The primary school teachers themselves have up to 30 kids and sometimes more in their class, so they might not-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Recruitment and Retention of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: I thank Mr. Pike for that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Recruitment and Retention of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: I have received dozens of emails from parents, teachers, SNAs and principals in my constituency of Kildare South. They are all complaining about the new guidelines relating to the SNA review process. As matters stand, they are given a very limited window to apply for the review, which, understandably, is unsatisfactory for people. That is why I am getting all these emails. We know needs...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Recruitment and Retention of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: The same parents, SNAs, teachers and principals in Kildare have expressed concern about the allocation model based on a whole-school approach. Many SNAs and parents - mostly parents, probably - are worried that SNAs supporting mainstream children will be pulled into a specialised setting, instead of additional SNAs being sanctioned. That would be essentially robbing Peter to pay Paul, as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Recruitment and Retention of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: I do not think that is the entire concern. The concern is that some schools are losing their allocations as SNAs are moved into special schools and special classes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Recruitment and Retention of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: It is a really quick one on the increasing review applications. There were 1,000 extra in 2024, up to 1,400 from 450 in the previous year. Does anyone have any idea why we are seeing that level of increase?

Global Sumud Flotilla: Motion (30 Sep 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: They were listening to the debate, so the Government might-----

Situation in Gaza: Statements (1 Oct 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: Time is measured in blood in Gaza. Those are the words of Bisan, a young Palestinian journalist whose people have endured nearly two years of bombardment, siege, starvation, and displacement, and still, the world watches and still, we do nothing. Now we hear talk of so-called peace plans - plans pushed by Trump, who shows no regard for international law, and by Tony Blair, an unconvicted...

Situation in Gaza: Statements (1 Oct 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: The Government has not passed the occupied territories Bill. It has placed no sanctions - not one. It is always words, never action. Meanwhile, the Associated Press exposed harrowing stories of Palestinian women being exploited and offered food, water, work, or shelter in exchange for being raped. The perpetrators were reportedly linked to the aid organisations operating in the chaos...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish-Speaking Community: Teagasc agus Stádas na Gaeilge sna hInstitiúidí Tríú Leibhéal: Plé (Atógáil) (30 Sep 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: Tá lánfháilte roimh na finnéithe. Mar is eol dúinn, tá 8% de dhaltaí bunscoile sa Stát seo ag freastal ar scoileanna lán-Ghaeilge. Ag an iarbhunleibhéal, níl ach 3.8% ag freastal ar scoileanna lán-Ghaeilge. Titeann sé sin go 0.68% de na mic léinn ar fad atá sa chóras tríú leibhéal a dhéanann...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish-Speaking Community: Teagasc agus Stádas na Gaeilge sna hInstitiúidí Tríú Leibhéal: Plé (Atógáil) (30 Sep 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: In Ms O'Mahony's own opinion, if the third level institutes are independent and the figure is 0.68%, should the Department have this sprioc or target?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish-Speaking Community: Teagasc agus Stádas na Gaeilge sna hInstitiúidí Tríú Leibhéal: Plé (Atógáil) (30 Sep 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: Tá brón orm, gabh mo leithscéal.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish-Speaking Community: Teagasc agus Stádas na Gaeilge sna hInstitiúidí Tríú Leibhéal: Plé (Atógáil) (30 Sep 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: Toisc go bhfuil na figiúirí chomh híseal sin, an gceapann Jean O'Mahony gur chóir go mbeadh an sprioc sin ann? Bhí sí ag rá go bhfuil na hinstitiúidí tríú leibhéal neamhspleách ach níl sé sin ag obair so an gceapann sí gur chóir don Roinn sprioc a thabhairt isteach?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish-Speaking Community: Teagasc agus Stádas na Gaeilge sna hInstitiúidí Tríú Leibhéal: Plé (Atógáil) (30 Sep 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: Gabh mo leithscéal, what was that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish-Speaking Community: Teagasc agus Stádas na Gaeilge sna hInstitiúidí Tríú Leibhéal: Plé (Atógáil) (30 Sep 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: Aontaím.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Issues Affecting People with Dyslexia and Dyscalculia: Discussion (2 Oct 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: Cuirim fáilte roimh na finnéithe and thank them for being here. I will try to squeeze in two questions. I would love to hear from Sive. I was a primary school teacher for 20 years and have worked a lot with children with dyslexia in my time. I have fought for the devices and to help them. I would love to hear Sive's experience of these devices when she transitioned from primary...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Issues Affecting People with Dyslexia and Dyscalculia: Discussion (2 Oct 2025)

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh: I thank the witnesses for being here. I do not get it. I will try to fit in two questions. Will they answer simply? We have heard about what they are capable of doing but as Ms Bissett said in the previous session, it was 16 years ago. Why can we not do it now? It is done everywhere else. People can struggle through secondary school, get into third level and then the accommodations...