Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I am more constrained at second level because of the subject impact. With primary school teachers, the impact is the same in real terms because they teach the whole spectrum of the age classes and all of the subjects. Secondary school teachers, by definition, may have a speciality in two subjects. We do not know adequately what the impact would be in some schools if we were to disimprove the pupil-teacher ratio but that is one of the options for making a saving.