300 SNAs cut but no independent appeals process in place

UP TO 300 special needs assistants (SNAs) have been cut in schools at a time when there is no independent appeals process, an Oireachtas committee was told yesterday.

Just over a year ago, Education Minister Batt O’Keeffe asked the National Council for Special Education to undertake a national review of the allocation of special needs assistants.

Post-primary and special schools were included in the review, which will conclude at the end of the month.