Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)

There are schools with high numbers of children with special needs who have lost teachers under the weighted model. Previously, they were allocated teachers on the basis of an assessed need but now teachers are allocated on the basis of the overall number of children in the school so they have lost. With regard to measuring, is there somebody who will report back to the Minister at a specified time on what progress has been made on literacy in disadvantaged schools? Is there a specific measurement target whereby the Minister can assess the progress being made and whether the programmes are working?

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