A circular by the Department of Education outlines new guidelines that would see children with special needs subjected to reviews to keep their SNA supports.
Even as Education Minister Ruairi Quinn “was doing the right thing on resource hours, he refused to back down on Special Needs Assistants”, writes the FF leader.
The planned protests over special needs education will go ahead as planned today, despite the Education Minister’s announcement yesterday, with parents saying the protest is not solely about raising awareness of the single issue of resource hours.
The Irish National Teachers’ Organisationwill protest outside Leinster House next week to show members’ opposition to cuts to special needs assistants in primary school.
Children with special educational needs face a reduction in the amount of time allocated to them from next September. But Eamon Gilmore said this did not amount to a cut.
A motion was also put forward to reverse the cuts to Special Needs Assistants but, notably, Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn was not present to vote against it.
AIRPORTS AND FLIGHTS are packed with people heading abroad as tourism shakes off the Covid pandemic.
Holidays have long been a time for rest, relaxation and excessive consumption – but with interest in health and fitness booming many are wont to fit exercise into their time away.
In a sure sign that many are more health conscious than in decades past, groups of runners were seen jogging around Glastonbury Festival in the UK in recent days.
So, today we’re asking, do you exercise when you’re on holiday?
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