Letters have now been issued to schools confirming no changes will be made to the existing SNA allocation arrangements. 

Union highlights need for career progression and revised qualifications to boost recruitment and retention of SNAs at Oireachtas Committee.  

Fórsa members at Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin) have secured agreement at the WRC, resolving a dispute over management’s handling of senior appointments. 

This is the second engagement since strike action was withdrawn, following the WRC agreement (5th September) committing government to negotiate ‘comparable pension entitlements’ for school secretaries and caretakers.

Unions, school patronage bodies, and civil society organisations have issued an urgent appeal to Minister McEntee and government to address a growing funding crisis in schools. 

Fórsa member Donna Schwarz has joined thousands of people from across the world in risking life and limb as part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, a daring mission to break the Isreali imposed blockade of Gaza. 

Intensive discussions with the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Sector Reform and Digitalisation (DPER) are underway on claims submitted by Fórsa as part of ‘local bargaining’.