Prime Time spotlight on Enniscorthy SNA woes [enniscorthyguardian.ie]
- Published: 20 September 2011
THE STAFF, CHILDREN and parents of St. Senan's primary school in Enniscorthy will all feature on 'Prime Time' this week. RTE's Miriam O'Callaghan and her team arrived to spend a day in Father Murphy Park last week as they took a look at special needs education.
The broadcasters were offered full access to the autism unit which has lost five special needs assistants (SNAs) as a result of Government cuts. And they took the time to interview pupil Mike O'Leary and his mother Helene. The programme is due to be screened tonight (Tuesday).
The RTE crew was made very welcome as the supporters of the autism unit took the opportunity to make their case for reversing the cuts. St. Senan's has been to the fore in ACE – the alliance against cuts in education which staged a demonstration outside Dáil Eireann last week.
And families with children attending the autism unit were strongly represented at the protests that marked Taoiseach Enda Kenny's visit to Wexford last week. Seamus O'Leary, whose son is on the roll at the school, made no apology for such high profile tactics.
'We are fighting to get as many of the special needs assistant post back as we can,' he explained. The roll of the SNAs will be highlighted during the Prime Time broadcast.
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