Schools special needs cut [leinsterexpress.ie]
- Published: 10 February 2010
SPECIAL Needs Assistants (SNA) in Laois schools are facing the chop, pending this week's Government review according to Fine Gael TD, Charlie Flanagan.
There are currently 138 Special Needs Assistants (whole-time equivalents) employed in primary schools in Laois but the TD fears for their future.
"The Government has decided to axe hundreds of SNA jobs around the country to cut costs," he said
He continued: "No thought seems to have gone into the impact this will have on pupils with special needs."
"The Government has decided to axe hundreds of SNA jobs around the country to cut costs," he said
He continued: "No thought seems to have gone into the impact this will have on pupils with special needs."
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