Paul Gavan (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank our guests for their presentations. They were powerful and quite shocking. What is happening must be so frustrating. Everyone agrees it should not be happening. Everyone also agrees about resources. There was a particularly powerful presentation on the challenges faced, particularly by teachers. As Deputy Thomas Byrne pointed out, the Minister will agree with us, yet the practice continues. It represents a collective failure of politics.

I apologise because I am due to speak in the Seanad in a few minutes. I will have to leave but I will read the transcripts of this meeting. I have a question for Ms Byrne. It is meant respectively because she does tremendous work. Her organisation recommends the reduction of capitation grants in schools with children on reduced timetables. I am concerned about potential unintended consequences. I understand why the argument is made but surely the issue is that schools facing these challenges need more resources. This comes back to monitoring in particular.