Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour) | Oireachtas source

They are very much average figures. Other things could also come into play, in terms of other items of expenditure. I do not want it to appear too simplistic, but these are the kind of figures that are in the mix at the moment.

Perhaps I should go on to some of the other issues. I intend to publish the value-for-money report on small schools as soon as my Government colleagues and I have finished considering the report and its recommendations. This may have been said before but that is the position. I have had discussions with all the partners in education at this stage and a number of them have raised this issue and have concerns about it, so I am sure that I will have a number of further engagements with the committee on this.