Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of an issue (details supplied) where SNAs moving from part-time roles to permanent staff roles are left without pay for the summer period preceding their first full-time term; if she and her Department have plans to address this anomaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33905/25]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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In line with the provisions contained in Circular 0111/2007, a Special Needs Assistant (SNA) can be retained on my Department’s payroll and receive pay over the summer months where the relevant school management authorities provide the Non-Teaching Staff (NTS) Payroll with the following:

a) Documentary evidence from the SENO for the relevant post for the 2008/09 school year, and

b) confirmation that the SNA in question is returning to the post in September 2008.