No increase in special education support despite pleas for greater resources 

Schools' representative bodies believe there is a need for increased resources this year, to ensure children with additional needs who attend developing schools receive the support they need.

Primary school management bodies have expressed serious concern about the unchanged allocation of special education teaching supports when “pupils need more supports this year, not less". 

Educate Together, An Foras Pátrúnachta, the National Association of Boards of Management in Special Education (NABMSE), and the Muslim Primary Education Board, supported by the Irish Primary Principals’ Network (IPPN), have sought a meeting with officials in the Department of Education.