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SNA

    Education
    Special Needs Assistants who lose positions in a school to benefit from redeployment scheme
    24 Apr
    29.5k
    Covid-19
    'I can't sleep at night': Pregnant teachers fear going back to school before they're vaccinated
    13 Aug 2021
    34.4k
    56
    Schools
    Less than half of schools providing medical grade face masks to SNAs, survey finds
    9 Sep 2020
    16.1k
    21
    Schools
    'It's a huge risk': Pregnant teaching staff say they've been left in the dark over the return of schools
    30 Aug 2020
    53.2k
    54
    Joe McHugh
    Plans to be announced for summer classes for children with special needs, or from disadvantaged areas
    4 Jun 2020
    22.6k
    43
    Special Needs
    School says children 'may have to remain in their wheelchairs' due to SNA cuts
    2 Jun 2018
    20.2k
    26
    Impact
    Special needs assistants vote overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action
    14 Oct 2017
    16.8k
    17
    Education
    Every single child who needs a special needs assistant will get one
    14 Jun 2016
    23.6k
    35
    subbridge
    Subway advertise for 'Sandwich Artist' intern through JobBridge
    15 Oct 2014
    19.7k
    102
    Special Needs
    "No question" of reducing number of SNA posts, says Department
    19 May 2014
    12.7k
    30
    Equality
    Opinion: Children with special needs are being failed – this is not inclusive education
    Catherina Woods
    16 May 2014
    7.2k
    39
    Opinion
    Micheál Martin: Reversing special needs assistants cutbacks is only fair
    Micheál Martin
    2 Jul 2013
    687
    31
    Education
    Special needs association hopes FF protest heckles don't 'distract from issues'
    27 Jun 2013
    5.3k
    52
    Assault
    Almost 60 per cent of special needs assistants assaulted - survey
    4 Apr 2013
    9.4k
    23
    Special Needs
    SNA allocation welcomed by Special Needs Parents Association
    14 Jun 2012
    1.9k
    8
    Education Cuts
    11-year-old student driven home to use the bathroom due to lack of SNAs
    12 Mar 2012
    6.8k
    20
    Schools
    Children's Ombudsman wants law change over SNA crisis
    19 Sep 2011
    573
    1
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