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10 per cent cut in special needs support for schools – report

The Department of Education said that the reduced allocation of special needs teaching hours could be increased in some schools – if demand is less than expected.

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THE DEPARTMENT of Education has announced it is cutting special needs teaching in schools by 10 per cent, according to a report this evening from RTÉ.

The cut will take effect as of this September.

The department said schools would be responsible for deciding how to implement the cut in hours and said that if demand is less than expected, the allocation of support may be increased.

Read the report in full on RTÉ.ie >

Read: Back to school allowance to ease burden on 160,000 families >

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  • Niall Savage 02/06/11 #

    We have reached a very low ebb indeed – children with special needs are entitled to as much support as we can give and should be the last to suffer. when we start cutting back on education, children and those that need our help a little more one has to question what our priorities as a society really are I would have thought there are better ways to finance our reckless banking industry than this

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  • Dario Fo 01/06/11 #

    The cut is to fund the HSE’s new Special Delay Unit..

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  • Natalie May 02/06/11 #

    DIGRACEFUL. So we can fork out millions to have the Queen and president over and we can even throw a couple of million at Diarmuid Gavin’s bloody floating garden….Yet the government seems to be targeting the most vulnerable in our society more and more. There is something seriously wrong with that.. Our first priority should be to look after those who are blind, elderly or have a disability

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