Father pleads for U-turn on SNAs

The father of a little girl with autism has pleaded with the Government to reverse SNA cuts at her special school.

Stuart O’Mahony was among a group of 30 parents who marched through Cork City yesterday over proposed cuts in special needs assistant (SNA) numbers, and also cuts to the domiciliary care allowance and carer’s allowance.

Mr O’Mahony said government plans to axe four of 16 SNAs from his four-year-old daughter Amy’s school, Sonas Special Junior School in Carrigaline, would have a devastating effect on her and other pupils.