Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 27 September 2012
82. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine a redundancy claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41068/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe person referred to by the Deputy was employed as a full time Special Needs Assistant. A review of the SNA resources in the person's school undertaken by the National Council for Special Education in late 2011 determined that there had been a reduction in the care needs of the children in the school. As a result, the school's allocation of SNA resources was reduced. This resulted in the post of the person referred to by the Deputy being reduced from a full time post to a part time post (0.5 of a post) with effect from January 2012. This person received compensation for the loss of half of their post under the terms of Department Circular 58/2006 'Redundancy Arrangement for Special Needs Assistants'.
This Department has recently been informed by the school that the person referred to by the Deputy has resigned his part time post (with effect from September 2012) in order to take up employment elsewhere. As the part time post was not made redundant, no further compensation / redundancy is due to be paid.
