Better security needed to deal with violent pupils
These systems and extra training for staff would be in addition to the €65m a year spent on resource teachers and €150m on special needs assistants (SNAs) for 12,000 children whose needs include extreme behavioural problems.
The National Council for Special Education, which sanctions the staff, said applications for supports for such students is up 23% since 2009 and almost 8,000 of them are in mainstream schools.
