Fórsa survey finds under half of schools are providing PPE for special needs assistants

17 percent of survey participants reported that they had been asked to re-use PPE equipment. File image. 

Fewer than 50% of Irish schools are providing special needs assistants (SNA) with personal protective equipment, according to an online survey conducted by the Fórsa Trade Union.

Only 49% of the 2,100 SNAs who responded to Fórsa’s survey could confirm that their schools had provided medical-grade facemasks.