IPPN

Published: 26 October 2011

The Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said hundreds of Special Needs Assistants held back by the Education Minister are now being assigned to children in schools.

Some 475 assistants were not assigned for the start of the school year and were being kept for emergencies.

However, after dozens of protests about the cutbacks in recent weeks, Mr Kenny said the extra SNAs are now being put into the system.