Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

As the daughter of a national school teacher with a family history of national school teaching, I would not take away from that. Equally, I would not take away from him being a Mayo man.

The staffing schedule and applications will be based on the figures at the end of September. The figure of approximately 200 teachers each in the primary and secondary sectors is based on the overall allocation this year. The figures from Members opposite do not take into consideration the increases, changes and permutations there always are within the available staffing schedules.

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