Overview
- The Government confirmed no school will lose special needs assistants next year following leaders’ talks on Monday night.
- The €19m provided is additional to the Department of Education’s budget, and schools due extra support will still receive new posts.
- Work will proceed on a redeployment scheme, an SNA workforce plan and updates to the 2014 circular before further changes.
- The decision follows letters indicating reductions at about 194 schools after an NCSE-led review.
- Fórsa welcomed the pause but called it a 12‑month “sticking plaster” and said protests planned for tomorrow, including at Leinster House, will go ahead.