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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 July 2013

Tuesday, 9 July 2013

Questions (186)

Michael McGrath

Question:

186. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the time new applications for redundancy payments for special needs assistants are currently taking to process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32886/13]

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Written answers

In accordance with my Department's recently published Circular on Supplementary Assignment Arrangements for Special Needs Assistants (Circular 37/2013), all SNAs who received notification of the termination of their employment due to redundancy from 1st May 2013 are deemed to be members of a Supplementary Assignment Panel for SNAs. As a result, unless an SNA opts out of this Panel, the processing of new applications for redundancy payments will not commence until after 1st June 2014. To date, no applications to opt out of the Panel have been received by my Department.

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