279. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the impact of the decision by her Department to stop banking SET hours lost by the lack of substitute availability to cover SET absences; if she will acknowledge the negative impact identified by an organisation (details supplied) that this will have on the most vulnerable children in schools as provision of SETs was never restored to pre austerity levels as promised; if she will consider the significant difficulties this decision will place on classes divided up into bubbles and pods that cannot accommodate moving children between classes when a teacher is out, therefore necessitating the use of the SET in class; if her Department will review this decision with a view to a reversal of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49389/21]

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279. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the impact of the decision by her Department to stop banking SET hours lost by the lack of substitute availability to cover SET absences; if she will acknowledge the negative impact identified by an organisation (details supplied) that this will have on the most vulnerable children in schools as provision of SETs was never restored to pre austerity levels as promised; if she will consider the significant difficulties this decision will place on classes divided up into bubbles and pods that cannot accommodate moving children between classes when a teacher is out, therefore necessitating the use of the SET in class; if her Department will review this decision with a view to a reversal of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49389/21]

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