Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)

I thank the Minister for her reply but it did not address my question. I asked the Minister to name the 50 or so schools which will lose a teacher in 2008 because of her failure, and that of her colleagues in the Government, to honour promises made before the last general election and in the programme for Government.

Two months ago, I asked a similar question only to be informed there were IT problems with getting the names of the schools in question. It is some IT system that on a Priority Question from the Opposition the Minister cannot give us the list of shame.

The Minister was filleted at the INTO conference last month because of her failure to honour her promise in the programme for Government to reduce staffing schedules from 27 to 24 children over the next three years. For the 50 schools that will be affected, will the Minister examine changing the retention schedule which will allow them not to lose a much-needed teacher?

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