Listen Back: Cavan campaigner says fight to protect SNAs 'far from over'. Tánaiste Simon Harris has said today that the government 'got it wrong' over Special Needs Assistants.
Despite his comments, Co Cavan campaigner Saoirse Ni Bhaoigheallain believes the fight is "far from over"; when it comes to protecting our local SNAs.
SNA's and parents of children with additional needs will protest outside the Dáil at 5pm this evening.
They're going ahead with their planned protests, despite a Government U-turn on SNA allocations.
Saoirse described government's initial decision to cut roles as "completely unacceptable"; and a move that was "intended from the beginning."
The local campaigner highlights that over the last number of days calls were made to save SNA jobs.
However since the U-turn, Saoirse believes it's more important now than ever to 'protect" these jobs into the future which is the ethos behind a protest that has been organised to take place at the Cavan Courthouse at 6pm this Friday.
Saoirse says even though cuts are not being made, more work still needs to be done to ensure that this never happens again.
Jodie Curran has been speaking with the local campaigner:
