Paul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Green Party)

Does the Minister acknowledge that many pupils are disadvantaged even when their school is not in a disadvantaged area and, in terms of class sizes, they must also be dealt with? Whatever about the Minister's aspirations to meet the commitments in the programme for Government, so far the promise has remained unfulfilled. In economic terms, Ireland has the third largest class sizes in the EU and our future economic and social development will be in jeopardy unless the issue is addressed as a matter of urgency.

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