Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

Question 8: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the likely consequences of the reduction and or the removal of special needs assistants from the classroom in various schools throughout the country; his views on whether the likely damage to the education structure in schools that are already overburdened with responsibility and high pupil-teacher ratios, the likelihood that this development will permanently scar the education system and lead to a deterioration of the quality of education at a time of greatest requirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10908/10]

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