800 protest outside Leinster House at cuts to SNA numbers [IrishExaminer]
- Published: 14 July 2011
ABOUT 800 people protested outside Leinster House against cuts in special needs assistants’ (SNAs) numbers yesterday.
Organised by a range of groups, it was timed to coincide with the visit of the EU/IMF delegation overseeing Ireland’s rescue package.
The protest was also a show of support for the Dáil motion on special needs put forward by the technical group of TDs. The motion was defeated last night by a comfortable margin of 103 to 47.
The previous government capped the number of SNAs at 10,575 in December 2010.
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