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

I thank both Deputies for expressing their concerns, which is helpful. We may need to look at areas where population is rising quickly and where there are demographic issues. We know how many two and three year olds there are and we need to consider whether our response to and intervention on the schools with realisable population increases should be quicker than is currently the case. We must look at that because there is a big miss-match if there are classrooms with 41 pupils in them.

I know they are the exception but there are too many exceptions in one sense. I am open to looking at that in the context of next year's budget.

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