Publication
SNA Publications
- Published on: 17 October 2023
- Last updated on: 9 May 2025
This section provides the latest publications and press releases relevant to Special Needs Assistants (SNAs).
Stay informed with the most recent information to support your professional practice and ensure compliance with current guidelines.
- The Role of Special Needs Assistants: Report on Focus Groups with Teachers September 2024
- SNA Webinar Update December 2024
- The Role of Special Needs Assistants Report on Focus Groups with School Leaders
- Report on National Survey of Special Needs Assistants
- SNA Learning and Development Focus Group Report May 2023
Press Releases
- Ministers McEntee and Moynihan announce the publication of the Report on Focus Groups with Teachers on the role of the Special Needs Assistant (SNA)
- Ministers McEntee and Moynihan welcome the opening of registration for the SNA Certificate in Inclusive Support and Care in Education by ATU, St. Angela’s College
- Ministers Helen McEntee and Michael Moynihan announce new Special Needs Assistants Redeployment Scheme
- Ministers McEntee and Moynihan announce €1.9 million contract for the National Training Programme for Special Needs Assistants
- Ministers Foley and Naughton announce consultation with children and young people on the role of Special Needs Assistants
- Ministers Foley and Naughton welcome report on focus groups with school leaders on the role of special needs assistants
- Ministers Foley and Naughton publish Report on the National Survey of Special Needs Assistants
- Minister Madigan announces proposals for the first Special Needs Assistant Workforce Development Plan