Máire Hoctor (Tipperary North, Fianna Fail)
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Question 370: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in having a redundancy payment made available to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17244/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has reached agreement on the terms of a redundancy package for special need assistants (SNAs) employed in primary and second level schools. I expect that confirmation of the provisions of the redundancy arrangements will issue to schools shortly.

In this particular case, I can confirm that an application form for redundancy payment has been received in my Department. My officials have recently been in contact with the special need assistant concerned and a representative from the Deputy's office regarding this issue. As soon as the final arrangements for payment of redundancy are confirmed, a decision will be communicated directly to the special need assistant.