Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

As the Deputy is aware, enrolment is taken in October in the primary school system. Entitlements to additional supports and teacher allocation are based on those figures. If there are changes from one year to another, then they obviously have an impact on entitlement. If enrolment falls in October of year one compared to year zero, that can affect to a partial or more significant extent the entitlement of the school. There are no proposals currently to change the system. If schools have experienced difficulty, I suggest they contact the Department to find out if ameliorating measures could be provided. However, we are stretched at the moment in every respect.

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