Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)

The analysis of all the returns from schools has yet to be completed and the final outcome will be published later in the summer.

Of course it is the case that some schools can have class sizes of greater than 27 but, as I pointed out, this is often because of a local decision by a school to use its teaching resources to have smaller numbers in other classes.

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