Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)

Ba mhaith liom an Dáil a chur ar athló faoi Bhuan Ordú 32 chun an cheist rí-thábhachtach seo a phlé, the urgent need for the Minister for Education and Skills to recognise that the previous Government's decision to retrospectively increase the pupil-teacher ratio in gaelscoileanna was contrary to the stated objective in its programme for Government to reduce class sizes; for this Government to adhere to its promise to protect front line services in education by reversing this decision, which will lead to the loss of teachers in a number of gaelscoileanna, including Gaelscoil Inse Chor in Dublin; and to clearly commit to reducing class sizes and the pupil-teacher ratio during its term.

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