Funding secured for 1,000 new special education teachers and 1,165 SNAs

Education Minister Norma Foley. Picture: Brian Lawless

Education Minister Norma Foley has secured funding for 1,165 new special needs assistants and almost 1,000 special education teachers.

Ms Foley had held out for the additional funding in her negotiations with Public Expenditure Minister Michael McGrath and she has secured an additional €18 million to widen the scope of the disadvantaged school or DEIS scheme.