Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)

The review will be a numbers review primarily because of the shortage of time and the necessity to inform all schools about their teacher allocations. There may well be appeals from some of the schools affected that have a qualitative component to it which I will be able to check. I would be misleading Members if I did not admit this will be a numbers exercise.

I want to check the figures of the projected job losses to post losses that some teachers have indicated to Members and what I saw in the Department. When I have reconciled them, I will then make a decision.

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