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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Role of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (1 Jul 2015)
Charlie McConalogue: Was that in line or an increase on previous years?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Role of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (1 Jul 2015)
Charlie McConalogue: Who is included in the second round? Is it new students starting for the first time?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Role of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (1 Jul 2015)
Charlie McConalogue: Round one last year was 5,800 but ended up as 8,600 due to infants new to the system and people transferring from primary to secondary school. Why did the 3,000 not enter in round one? Why was round one not larger?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Role of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (1 Jul 2015)
Charlie McConalogue: The 8,000 are new applications. A first or second class student who had an SNA last year does not need to reapply.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Role of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (1 Jul 2015)
Charlie McConalogue: The first and second rounds are for new students who are entering the education system and for newly identified needs.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Role of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (1 Jul 2015)
Charlie McConalogue: Students who had SNAs the previous year will keep them if they are continuing in the same level in school.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Role of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (1 Jul 2015)
Charlie McConalogue: An additional 220 SNA posts were announced in the budget and were to start this September. I take it from what the departmental officials are saying that the 220 posts will not be sufficient.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Role of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (1 Jul 2015)
Charlie McConalogue: On what basis was the figure of 220 decided?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Role of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (1 Jul 2015)
Charlie McConalogue: Mr. Mulkerrins mentioned that the Department was doing diligence at the moment regarding-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Role of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (1 Jul 2015)
Charlie McConalogue: -----the referral from the NCSE. What is involved in that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Role of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (1 Jul 2015)
Charlie McConalogue: I see.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Role of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (1 Jul 2015)
Charlie McConalogue: I wish to raise a final matter regarding the NCSE. Yesterday, a report in The Irish Timesindicated that the NCSE made a further request for additional SNAs to the Department last week, which was later than usual. Was there a reason for that? Will the witnesses comment on why there was a delay this year compared with other years?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Role of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (1 Jul 2015)
Charlie McConalogue: Yes.
- Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2015)
Charlie McConalogue: The past week has been a very difficult one for people in Greece and many people in Ireland. Yesterday saw the callous cut to the one-parent family payment, which will affect 30,000 single parents and their children. Despite being warned that this is a counterproductive policy that will hurt many, the Government has ploughed on with it. This is against the backdrop of the highest number of...
- Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2015)
Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Tánaiste for her response. My question to her was if she would agree to revise and increase the rent allowance cap which she had introduced. She proceeded to preach to me on a number of fronts, but she has avoided answering the question. The unfortunate reality is that in 2012 she reduced the rent allowance cap. She told us she was reducing it to reflect rental market...
- Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2015)
Charlie McConalogue: Let us deal with the housing crisis, please. That is a tired excuse from the Tánaiste. This is her issue and she needs to deal with it.
- Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2015)
Charlie McConalogue: That is ridiculous. Will the Tánaiste deal with the issue? There are people who are homeless in this country.
- Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2015)
Charlie McConalogue: All she is interested in is scoring political points. That is all it is.
- Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2015)
Charlie McConalogue: What about the rental caps?
- Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2015)
Charlie McConalogue: They cannot find homes.