Mr. Pairic Clerkin:

We are always looking for innovative ways to support schools. We have a pilot project in operation whereby through the Irish Primary Principals Network we are supporting five remote and small schools, with remote administrative support. One of the challenges is that we have to free up teaching principals to allow them to focus on teaching as the administrative role, which we feel is better suited to an administrator, can take up a great deal of time. We hope the use of technology might provide a means in the future of supporting smaller schools and teaching principals in particular.