Independent TDs oppose cuts in SNAs [IrishTimes]
- Published: 07 July 2011
Reductions in the number of special needs assistants (SNAs) are to be the subject of a private members’ motion from the technical group of TDs in the Dáil next week.
A protest on the issue is also timed to take place outside Leinster House on Wednesday afternoon.
At a news conference in Dublin today, Socialist Party TD Clare Daly accused Minister for Education Ruairí Quinn of failing to notify schools until the last week of term to “cut across opposition” to the cutbacks in special needs.
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