Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

In regard to the legacy courses, is the Minister of State suggesting that the courses currently offered in Ballyfermot will be transferred elsewhere? He suggested that City of Dublin VEC had ten additional posts but the loss to Ballyfermot college alone could be as high as nine or ten teaching posts. This loss of teaching jobs will have an equivalent impact on lost courses. As an alternative solution, will he consider increasing the student cap so that the college can retain its current cohort of teachers and, therefore, deliver courses by increasing intake? The problems of demand for places at Ballyfermot and other colleges could be addressed if the cap on post-leaving certificate courses was increased.

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