St Anthony’s principal meets Oireachtas committee to discuss SNA cuts [advertiser.ie]
- Published: 12 March 2010
Yesterday (Thursday) a delegation from St Anthony’s Special School in Castlebar, along with a number of other special schools, met with the joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Science in Leinster House to discuss the ongoing row over the axing of a number of special needs assistants jobs.
Fiona Byrnes, principal of St Anthony’s, spoke to the Mayo Advertiser just after the committee finished meeting and was happy with the reception the schools got. “It was a very good meeting, we received widespread cross party support from both TDs and senators,” she said. “They are all very aware now of the feeling there is on the ground about this issue and what it means to the people affected. The schools made a presentation on what the cuts will mean to them, and especially how a withdrawal of SNA support during the middle of the year will affect students.”
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