Louise O'Reilly
Dublin Fingal West · Sinn Féin · Ireland
“I welcome this debate this afternoon and am happy to be able to make a small contribution to it. I grew up in a Border town. I ended up in that town because my father was a trade union organiser who represented workers on both sides of the Border for a long number of years and, in fact, went on to be based in the North for a long time.”
“I am fortunate enough to represent a constituency that is very firmly in the Dublin–Belfast economic corridor. Before partition, as we know, Belfast was a thriving industrial powerhouse. Partition put a lid on the potential of that city to grow and flourish.”
“When we talk about Irish unity, we should frame that discussion as one about potential for growth, the potential for all-Ireland working and all-Ireland business. Between Belfast and Dublin, there are five universities, numerous colleges of further education and training, and businesses that are ready to scale up.”
“As the debate on Irish unity advances, and it is advancing despite what some of the people opposite would like to happen, we need to frame that discussion in a positive way. We need to look clearly for those opportunities while acknowledging the challenges. We are not blind to the challenges.”
“If her letter does not have any impact - let us be honest; it has not had any impact - the Minister of State might outline what he will do that might go a bit further than writing a letter. We know that devices are essential. We know that parents want their kids to be able to participate.”
“I thank the Deputies for bringing forward this motion. I was chatting to my dad as I was coming in and told him I would be debating this motion in relation to supports for parents this morning. He reminded me, of course, that it was the Labour Party in government that cut those very supports.”
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“The Minister can imagine how it made people in my constituency feel when they opened the newspaper on 1 December 2018 and heard the joyous news from then Senator James Reilly that a final sign-off had been given on the works required at Rush Garda station and it was understood that the contractor should be on site in quarter 1 of 2019. The Senator said he was delighted the work would commence to refurbish the Garda station with contractors on site very quickly. He said he would press the Department to have the station manned and operational with adequate Garda resources in 2019. Here we are now and it is 2026. Rush Garda station is still, to all intents and purposes, closed and the population all around it has increased. We now have a petition.”
“I thank the Minister sincerely for being here. I have often stood in the Chamber and given out about the fact the senior Minister is not here so I should, as a matter of course, record my thanks to the Minister for taking this Topical Issue. The issue relates to the need to increase Garda numbers in my constituency of Dublin Fingal West. The reason we need increased numbers is historically we were low on Garda numbers and our population has increased while the number of gardaí serving the region has not. A number of issues are now putting strain and stress on the communities I represent.”
“They will play for the local team and they will play for the country. That is really important and will be lost unless the Government changes the way it funds soccer and sport in general and actually put the funds where they are needed, that is, into the grassroots and into the academies to get our young people out and playing sport and ensuring they stay and stick with the game through their teenage years.”
“I have seen the benefits of sport and specifically the benefits of soccer. I often wonder to myself why it is that it does not get the attention it deserves. I would like to give my own local clubs a shout out: Glebe North, Balbriggan FC, Rush Athletic, Lusk United and Skerries Town. They are never ever done fundraising - Skerries Town has just launched a buy-a-brick fundraiser - and the volunteers are busy, busy. We see millions of euro raised by the betting tax, but this seems to find its way in big numbers into horse racing and big golf tournaments. It does not, though, seem to get down to the grassroots. The danger in this is that the grassroots will not thrive. We all want to see the grassroots game thrive because from our grassroots come the men and women who will grow up to play for their country and do us all proud.”
“I join my colleague an Teachta Ó Snodaigh in paying tribute to our comrade and friend, Deputy Joanna Byrne, who stood up not just for the grassroots of football, as she does every single day of her life, but also stood up for Palestine and paid a heavy price for it. We thank her for her advocacy. I would not claim to be the biggest soccer fan. I would not dare to. I am here in my Bohs jersey in honour of my grandad who played for the team, although I am reliably informed that I live in a Rovers house, apparently, so good luck to me going home this evening. My grandson, who is also a massive Rovers fan, plays for Corinthians down in Cork. I have seen at first hand with him the benefits that come from soccer and football. He plays soccer, Gaelic football, hurling and everything.”
“He blames the Opposition, the global economy and you blame the protesters. He should get a mirror, have a look in it and see where the blame lies.”
“It simply chooses to give the money to data centres, developers and anyone else it thinks is big enough to warrant a tax break or support but it is certainly not for the ordinary man and woman. Before there was even a mention of the US and Israel declaring war on Iran or access to the Strait of Hormuz being limited, over 340,000 households were in energy arrears. Figures from EnergyCloud show the full picture which is there are an additional 220,000 households which are cold in their homes. They turn off their heating and are terrified of getting into debt. They remember what the crash feels like and they turn off their heating. They are cold in their homes. The Minister knows this because he sees them as well as I do. People are sick to the back teeth of his excuses.”
“Energy poverty is on the agenda now. It is really welcome to see that other parties now recognise what Sinn Féin has been saying for a very long time but that is why I was really disappointed to see the Social Democrats and the Labour Party back the Government last night in locking in carbon tax increases right up to 2030. In the middle of a cost-of-living crisis and energy poverty crisis, the very least that people should be able to expect of their representatives is that they will not use their vote in here to make matters worse for ordinary people who are really struggling. Yesterday afternoon we heard the cost of energy prices being attributed to the US, Israel, Iran and even the pandemic but the reality is that Government has had the means to insulate vulnerable people from this shock.”
“I am going to read out a message I got from a woman who I will call Mary. She said: In brief I'm a full time career to my son who was very complex needs. My husband works full time, we have a mortgage and we need two cars. My son needs an electric bed, an air mattress, a feed pump, a suction machine, eight nebulisers on two different machines, a ceiling track hoist, a power chair and obviously needs the heating on all night. She said, "... it is disgraceful for the Government to act like we are being looked after. I just felt I needed to express our disappointment at the announcement of this emergency package and I'm hoping that you can bring it up." Well I will bring up it but what is the Minister's answer to her assessment of his plan?”
“Do not take our word for it; the Minister can take the word of his own taskforce. It is telling him what is needed. We have told him what is needed. We have brought forward solutions. We have brought forward a plan that would make a real and meaningful difference in the lives of people who are worried that they will be cold in their homes. That should be a wake-up call for any Government but even the worst Government - the most out-of touch, tone-deaf Government - would not make things worse. It would not charge people even more in a couple of weeks' time. It would not jack up the costs even further but that is what the Government is proposing to do. The Minister's speech stated that any fair assessment of the Government's plan would see that it is the right thing to do but he should not take my assessment for this.”
“The 2 cent cut on home heating oil is an absolute slap in the face for people as it is. The fact that the Government is going to take it back off them in a couple of weeks makes it worse. It is going to give a very meagre amount with one hand and it will take it back in a couple of weeks knowing, as it does, that going into this latest crisis that 320,000 people are in arrears on their electricity bills, knowing that people are already under a severe amount of pressure and knowing that we are in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis, whether the Government acknowledges it or not. That cost-of-living crisis is very real. The Government's energy affordability taskforce has advised that the cost of fuel would increase by €321. This does not even touch sides of that.”
“We know the number of people on lists is increasing and the delays are increasing, and all the while it is very expensive to be sick in this State. Time off work, car parking charges - all these things add up. It is really expensive, and the delays make it more expensive. They mean more expense for people, more time off work and more time on reduced hours. They wait and they wait and they panic. When they know they need treatment, when they often know what that treatment is and they cannot access it, that is deeply concerning. I encourage the Minister of State to examine making the PSA test part of the national screening programme. It is a very simple test and it saves lives. I have close-hand and personal experience of the fact that it saves lives. It should be included as part of any screening programme.”
“I thank my colleague Deputy David Cullinane and for bringing forward this motion this evening which gives us the chance to have this very important discussion. I also thank him for the proposals he has consistently brought forward which would make a real and meaningful difference not just for patients but also for people working in our health services. As was rightly pointed out, the issues that are faced in the cancer control and the cancer care programme are not caused by the men and women working hard in it. They are not the ones who should be held accountable. The delays are due to underfunding. The chaos often at the heart of this Government has caused what many used to consider a world-class, gold-standard service to actually go backwards, and the figures as described by an Teachta Cullinane bear that out.”
“At the very least, the Government should not make the situation for ordinary workers and families worse. The carbon tax that is coming down the line will increase the cost of heating people’s homes. People cannot afford it as it is and they most definitely cannot afford an increase. The Opposition will be united in confronting the Government on this and putting forward solutions, which is exactly what we have done.”
“There is an emergency right now but, hold on, something might happen next week or perhaps the week after for the 470,000 people who are in receipt of the fuel allowance and who desperately need it, need it to be increased and need it to be extended. They are facing a cliff edge next April. They also are very concerned. The Tánaiste needs to come to this Chamber with action, not words. Words are not going to pay people's bills. The Tánaiste needs to come with action and he has not. He is short this evening when he comes in here and tells people they have to hang on and wait and that another scenario might unfold. God forbid there might be a knee-jerk reaction. They have to make awful choices in homes the length and breadth of this State. They want the Government to step up and be on their side. The Opposition needs to speak with one voice.”
“That is how it is going to work. I will very clearly thank Deputy Doherty because he recognises there is an emergency. The Tánaiste's response is that the Government actively prepares for a variety of scenarios. I can tell the Tánaiste what scenario is unfolding in homes the length and breadth of this State this evening. It is husbands, wives and partners sitting down and talking about how they are going to be able to pay their bills, how they are going to make ends meet and what more they can cut. When they look, they see there cannot cut any more for they are cut to the bone. They have cut back and cut back. There is an emergency.”
“She undermined her own words by talking about the remote access legislation because that does not give women rights. It gives them the right to ask a question which is a right they had before and it gives employers a charter to refuse. When we talk about women's rights, we have to talk about rights that are real and that actually make a real difference in the lives of working women, in their families and in our society.”
“I think we could potentially be in safe hands because now, more than ever, we are in desperate need of women activists and empowered women who will stand up and who will speak out and women who will not be silenced and will refuse to sit down. I send my solidarity to women in Cuba, in Ukraine, in Palestine and all of the women right across the globe who struggle every single day because it is not just about the women who want to have it all and need an extra seat in the boardroom. It is about women who are sheltering their families from the ravages of the IDF. It is about women who are sheltering and managing to bring their children up in appalling circumstances. They are the women we do not often see and very rarely hear about but they are the women we need to pay tribute to. The Minister of State talked about the need for rights.”
“This is my tenth time to speak on statements on International Women's Day. On International Women's Day, I generally pay tribute to women activists. I am really lucky that there are loads of them in my party, in my family and in my life. However, this afternoon I want to record the loss of an activist, a feminist, a trade unionist, a campaigner and my own mam, Mary O'Reilly, who died last September. However, when I look at my daughter I know that my mother's legacy will live on in her activism, in the way that she is raising her son to be a fantastic feminist and in the way she stands up every time for what is right. I see my ma reflected in her all the time.”
“I fully agree with the Minister. The officials I deal with in Fingal County Council lack neither understanding nor capacity but they do lack basic direction from the Government. As the Minister has said, basic and all as this is, it will take at least until this year to get that done, although it is welcome. As I have said, it is an issue I have raised many times. The Minister will be aware of it. It is not going to affect a huge number of people but it will have a serious impact for some people. I trust it is in order to send my own local authority a transcript of this debate to show that this is coming because I do not want this woman to lose out for the sake of a couple of weeks. I hope the council will be able to fully adhere to the protocol when it is issued.”
“Jesus, I will nearly use the woman's correct name; I have raised the issue that many times. Let us call her Margaret for the moment. Margaret has been on the Dublin City Council housing list for almost 13 and half years. She is about to be housed in the area where her former partner, who is out of prison after nearly killing her, is living. She cannot go back there. The Garda has told her not to. While she waits for the protocol to be developed and possibly issued at some point, what should she do?”
“That is not exactly what the Tánaiste said. He said, "the Minister for housing has said he will issue a direction to all local authorities to make sure that issue is rectified." It should have taken the Minister two seconds rather than two minutes to answer. Either it is going to issue or it is not. What the Minister is saying is that a protocol is being developed. That is very welcome, but the Minister might provide some clarity in his follow-up. It seemed there was a little bit of slippage there as regards the normal rules on allocation applying. I know exactly how houses are allocated, as does the Minister. I have used the example of a woman in my own constituency and I am going to use it again. I do not know how many names I have now used for her.”
“The Minister will be aware that last month, as I have done many times before, I raised the issue of victims and survivors of domestic abuse being able to carry time they have accrued on waiting lists from one local authority to another, primarily where that is necessary for their own safety and that of their children. The Tánaiste confirmed that the Minister would be issuing a direction to rectify this. I am looking for an update on that.”
“Tá a fhios againn go bhfuil páiste amháin as gach ceathrar ag fás aníos i mbaol na bochtaineachta nuair a chuirtear costas tithíochta san áireamh. Agus muid ag caint ar thithíocht, nach as faillí an Rialtais seo a d’fhás an téarma eile sin, "géarchéim na tithíochta"? Ní hionann an foclóir i seomra ranga Gaeilge inniu agus an ceann a bhí ann i mo lá féin. Agus muid ag plé ár dteanga dhúchais, tá an tábhacht chéanna ag na téarmaí seo do chainteoirí Gaeilge agus do chainteoirí Béarla, Rómáinise, Araibise nó aon teanga eile. Ní fiú an Ghaeilge gan a muintir. Caithfimid Éire Ghaelach a thógáil atá bunaithe ar cheartas agus ar chothromas.”
“Is breá liom Seachtain na Gaeilge. Is maith liom a bheith ag éisteacht le gach duine agus iad ag caint as Gaeilge. Tá Gaeilge álainn san Oireachtas seo. Níl a lán Gaeilge agam agus níl a lán confidence agam caint as Gaeilge ach is breá liom páirt a ghlacadh sa díospóireacht seo inniu. Agus mé ag tabhairt faoin óráid seo a scríobh, thug mé faoi deara go mbeadh gá le téarmaíocht nár fhoghlaim mé ar scoil. Ionas go mbeadh ciall leis an méid a déarfainn, bhí orm téarmaí nua a fhoghlaim, téarmaí ar nós “díth ábhartha”, a bhaineann le daoine nach bhfuil in ann riachtanais bhunúsacha leithéidí bia, teas nó leigheas a cheannach. Is téarma é seo a bhaineann le duine amháin as gach cúigear in Éirinn inniu. Is téarma eile ná “bochtanas”.”
“The family wrote to the council and the advice that came back was that Fingal County Council is no longer accepting new expressions of interest for the tenant in situ scheme and cannot advise whether it will be in a position to accept tenant in situ applications in 2026 as funding is determined by the Department of housing. I am delighted that the Minister for housing is here. Perhaps he will be able to tell me, so that I might tell my constituents, when the tenant in situ scheme will be open. There is a real chance to save this family from homelessness. The family comprises mam, dad and two kids, one of whom is a teenager and the other an adult. They could be saved from homelessness but the Department must release the funds.”
“I am glad that the Minister is here for the remaining few minutes of the debate because I want to ask him about the tenant in situ scheme. The very least that anyone could expect from a Government would be that it would not make things worse. Yet, I know of a family in Rush, comprising mam, dad and two kids, who have a notice to quit that expires in a couple of months. Their landlord is willing to sell to the council so the family wrote to the council. Not many landlords are willing to do it, but this landlord is willing to sell to the council.”
“This is another shambles that the Government is presiding over. Their daughter is now trying to get onto a very long waiting list to access CAMHS. In the meanwhile, her parents' relationship has broken down. They are stuck living in a small house. All four of them - mam, dad and the two kids - are stuck living in a small house. Their teenage daughter has started to self-harm. Guess what? There is nowhere for them to go. There is now no place for them to simply separate and live separate lives. They are all stuck together and there is no mental health support for their daughter who is self-harming on a regular basis. She has no medication or psychiatrist. There is just a bloody waiting list. The human impact is mind-blowing.”
“When added to that there are adult children forced by the Government's housing crisis back into the smallest room in the house, the tension is off the charts. This is the human impact of the Government's housing and homelessness crisis, disaster - Jesus, I am running out of words. This is the human impact of hidden homelessness. Technically at least one person in that relationship is homeless but they just have not moved out. Technically they have somewhere to live but it is mental bloody torture, day in and day out for them. They cannot move on because there is nowhere for them to go. Another husband and wife live not too far from me. They have two children. There is a safety order in place, but again nowhere for them to go. Their daughter has started to self-harm simply because of the tension in the house.”
“In the last couple of weeks, I have come across several cases but two really stuck out. A couple in their mid-60s live in a housing estate in north County Dublin with one of their adult children and another one possibly on the way back. I met both the ex-husband and ex-wife, as they are now. I do not know if the Minister understands the impact this is having on their health, their mental health and their well-being. They cannot move on. They are stuck in a house. The relationship is over. It is perfectly all right for two people who started a relationship to come to the decision that they want to end that relationship, but they have no choice but to live together. There is a huge impact every single day of having to live with a person you no longer want to be married to or in a relationship with.”
“I do not know where to start. There are a huge number of issues and the lads opposite will be familiar with them, given that they are the cause of most of them. We are here to discuss the specific issue of homelessness. I want to talk about hidden homelessness. There is a rising number of families affected by relationship breakdown. Because they are petrified of homelessness and have nowhere to go, they are stuck in the home that they started together. They do not want to be together any more and that happens with people no longer in a position to continue living together, but they are stuck. They are stuck in a relationship they want to get out of. They are stuck in a house they want to be liberated from and they are stuck because there is nowhere for them to go.”
“It is beyond ridiculous that people in junior infants get the same as those who are in sixth class. The requirements of the kids are vastly different. I hope that is being looked at.”
“I thank the Minister for acknowledging my interest in this, and particularly in the role of meals on wheels, which is in the community, already delivering healthy, nutritious meals to people. I would differ with Deputy Hayes. I do not believe there are benefits to being reliant on the private sector. I think that is a backwards step but we are all different in our own lovely ways. Has the Minister had any formal engagement with the national meals on wheels organisation and if he has not, will he have that formal engagement to see how prepared it is to take on the work? My information, having engaged with it, is that there are plenty who will. There would be a tie-in with community employment schemes and other schemes to support this. I wanted to briefly mention portion sizes. We have talked about this before.”
“I encourage the Minister to engage with the CRU. There is no rule that says he cannot. The CRU is the body with responsibility for regulation in this space. The energy companies are - with the greatest respect - the ones who have the responsibility for gouging these people. At the end of the day, it is the Department of Social Protection that will pick up the bill. At this stage, if the Minister could intervene with both of those bodies, that would be a very useful way to engage.”
“I welcome that. It is good work to be done but the question was specifically about the engagement the Minister might have had with the CRU or the energy providers. I appreciate that he is going talk to the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, and I wish him the best with that with. However, it would also be important that the Minister would engage with the CRU. I do not think people are engaging with this issue. I see it, and I am sure the Minister sees it in his constituency clinic as well. I am not talking about a massive number of people but for them it is important. The case I spoke to the Minister about involves a young woman with two kids. Her electricity was going off at 2 o'clock. She could not access those supports, so she would have been in her house, cold. These are facts but they are microdisconnections; they are very small.”
“These microdisconnections are happening every day of the week. There has to be a rapid access system for people so that they can keep the lights and the heat on.”
“It is very expensive to be poor in this State, if a person finds themselves on a pay-as-you-go meter. I do not give a continental what the energy companies say. Many people are on those meters and they do not want to be. They either believe they have no choice or they are put onto them. They are then charged the most expensive rate of electricity. Thanks to my colleague, Lynn Boylan MEP, we learned in the newspapers yesterday that domestic customers pay twice as much for their electricity as data centres do. It is easy to see where the Government's priorities are there. The people who are on pay-as-you-go meters, who are likely to be the poorest people in any community, are paying a higher rate. They are - forgive me Cathaoirleach Gníomhach - getting screwed and it is really unfair.”
“My question relates to the engagement the Minister has had with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities, CRU, or the energy providers, or hopefully both, in relation to pay-as-you-go meters, or as they are sometimes called, hardship meters. We had a discussion yesterday at committee in relation to a particular incident. I will not ask the Minister to comment on that but there is an issue of what I would call microdisconnections. If people on a prepay meter are on the vulnerable register, it is meaningless because they will get cut off.”
“I am very conscious that there is a poverty trap for younger people. It is not good to have a two-tier system with different rates. I come from the perspective of believing our young people want to be in work and to be productive. They just sometimes need a hand to get there.”
“The purpose of jobseeker's payments and other social welfare benefits should be to help people to get back on their feet and back into the labour market. However, having subminimum reduced rates for younger people cuts them off and leaves them further adrift. The two-tier element is not a good thing. I appreciate that the full rates are available for those participating in training and employment opportunities but the Minister needs to take a long, hard look at the reasons for non-participation. Very often, it is not from an unwillingness, as he acknowledged. Young people do not want to be disconnected from the labour market. What is happening is that they find themselves cut off because of a lack of transport and, as a consequence of the low rates, because they cannot get themselves out of where they are.”
“There was a bit of a bang of Norman Tebbit off that comment. I do not think anybody enjoys a period of extended inactivity. Young people want to be in work but there must be recognition that some of them will need help with that.”
“My constituency has the youngest population in the State. Youth unemployment is rising at three times the rate for the general population, as we have discussed, and constituencies like mine will feel that the hardest. A total of 18% of 25-year-olds went back to their parents' house after attempting to live on their own and 43% have never left. This means 60%-plus of young adults remain in their family home. The Minister referenced the need for bespoke strategies. I hope to hear more from him about that in the coming weeks and months. As we have discussed, the labour market is changing. It is not simply the case that young workers need to be incentivised; they need to be trained and equipped to be able to participate in the workplace. The Minister mentioned extended periods of inactivity.”
“This question relates to the youth rates of jobseeker's payments and whether the Minister has any plans to equalise them. Coming from a trade union background, we always said there should be equal pay for work of equal value. However, for those dependent on a social welfare payment, it would be wrong to assume it is pin money or is somehow not relevant to the young person and his or her family.”
“We have all been 25, albeit that it was a long time ago, and you do not necessarily want to be living with your parents at that age. I do not think that figure represents people who are happy to be at home. Those are people who are stuck at home. That needs to be examined.”
“I thank the Minister. He mentioned that Intreo staff are engaging intensely. He might provide me with a note on the type of engagement and where it is that Intreo is directing people. We know that 50,000 young workers are either working part time or on low-hours contracts. In some instances, much and all as they should not be, they are on zero-hours contracts. I met representatives of the National Youth Council of Ireland. They are saying clearly that there is not just youth unemployment, which is an issue and which I feel is a bit of a canary in a coalmine, as I have said previously, but there is also the issue of underemployment. If we look at the statistics, we will see that 18% of 25-year-olds had to go back to their parents' houses after attempting to live on their own and 43% have never left. Clearly, there is an issue.”
“I feel that now is the time to get ready for that, with the specific needs of younger people in mind, and acknowledge, as the National Youth Council of Ireland has pointed out, the bottleneck that exists whereby people are unable to move on to more fulfilling or different jobs. The other issue is that of underemployment. A lot of younger people who are working have the capacity to work more but cannot get that work.”
“That will be welcome. A number of factors need to be considered. I welcome the fact that the Minister is concerned because I am, too. I feel that when we are both concerned about something, we might be able to do something about it, which would be good. I welcome publication of the report into AI. However, there is an issue. Youth unemployment is rising at a faster rate than that of the general population. Therefrom comes both of our concerns. What is needed is a bespoke programme for younger people. We are heading into a period where we may experience some unemployment.”
“My question, as the Minister will see, is simple and straightforward. I hope he has plenty of very enlightening answers for me. The question concerns the issue of youth unemployment and, in particular, the impact of automation and AI, which is causing a bit of what might be called a bottleneck. Where previously there would have been a pipeline to move through, a lot of younger people are getting stuck because jobs they would traditionally have moved into are now being done by AI and automated in other ways.”
“I will address the remarks made by one of the Government backbenchers. She is not here now, but I am sure she will look back on it. She said - how does the phrase go? - "Let us not waste a crisis." You know what? Why does the Government not cause a bloody crisis in the first place? Do the Ministers understand the impact this has had on students, SNAs, teachers and the whole school community? Then the Ministers come in here and tell us black is white and that they are actually increasing the numbers. The letters are there. Teachers and principals have seen them and they have contacted us. The letters are telling them that the SNA they have at the moment will be gone. That is a cut in any person's language. Stop cutting SNAs and start respecting them.”
“It is time to end the unrealistic idea that only children with significant primary care needs should have access to an SNA. My son could not function in school without access to his SNA (whom he shares with 4 other children) for his self-regulation, focus, helping with his peer/social relationships, essential movement breaks and [essential services within the classroom]. Another parent wrote: After CAMHS … deemed [my child] not severe enough to see [them] I like thousands of Irish Parents paid privately to get [an] assesment and recommendations in place for … school. My [child] requires movement breaks which the SNA provides. My [child] doesnt need 1 to 1 care. How is a teacher meant to manage a big class and provide the extra requirements for children with additional needs?”