Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)

On the same theme, I was contacted by Scoil Bhríde in Glen, Edgeworthstown, County Longford, a three teacher school with 49 pupils. It informs me that, as a result of the budget, it will lose a teacher if it does not increase numbers to 51. It argues that it could meet this target by September but needs to be given some breathing space and an opportunity to do so as it will otherwise become unviable due to the loss of one teacher. This is a reasonable plea.

I disagree with all the cuts in the Department as there is no justification for any of them.

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