The Irish National Teachers' Organisation has acknowledged a commitment by Minister for Education Ruairí Quinn that special needs children would get the resources they require, writes Seán Flynn.
On RTÉ yesterday, Mr Quinn insisted there was no cut to the provision of teaching resources to children with special needs and children would get the resource teaching hours they required. The primary teachers union welcomed clarification by the Department of Education that the current general allocation for learning support/resource teaching would remain unchanged.
The INTO said it would seek a meeting with the Department of Education and Skills on the overall staffing of schools to ensure that primary schools could meet the needs of an increasing school population.