Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Small primary schools are the lifeblood of local rural communities. They have given outstanding outcomes in respect of both the academic achievements of the graduates of those schools and the social coherence they have created. They are under constant attack by people in ivory towers and the Minister appears to be one of the cheerleaders in this campaign. The Minister has had carried out on these small schools a value for money review. Will this review be published before the local elections?

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