Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am not convinced that they will be increased to the levels required. I note the discussions with the private educator, but I am not convinced that it will shore up the gap in any meaningful way.

I thank the representatives of the INMO for coming as I know that they are busy, but it is very useful for us to get the picture from the front line. I thank INMO members for the work they do day in and day out. We need to be able to get to grips with this problem and this is an opportunity to highlight the issues. We need to start to hear about the Government's plans to deal with it as we are caught in a very expensive spiral.