Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)

The school in question had 12 pupils enrolled who needed English language support and wanted to retain its part-time language support teacher. The reply it received from the Department was similar to the one the Minister just read with references to upward pressures on teacher numbers due to higher retention levels. Basically, the school's principal could not understand it. Can the language used in such communications be simplified? Will the school be able to retain its language support teacher?

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