Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

——and resource teachers. As there is such variety in second level schools, it is important for a school's management to ensure that the mix of subjects and the distribution of teachers suits the school's situation. If schools have questions on this matter or on how it is being implemented locally, they can raise them with the behaviour support service to determine whether the matter is having an effect or what type of curriculum is on offer. For example, should they have junior certificate support teams and should they offer more practical subjects? Next September, the new subjects of technology and computer-aided design will be introduced. As these subjects can suit those who are good with their hands, we should ensure that schools offer such a curriculum to support children.

If we are to have top class schools, buildings are an issue. As the House is aware, of the country's 4,000 schools, 1,500 will have building programmes and their——

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