Charlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In light of the Minister's promises when Opposition spokesperson for education to protect pupil-teacher ratios in schools, I would like him to give an outline of the percentage of all our schools which have five teachers or fewer. Also, what he has done - or has not done, more to the point - to protect pupil-teacher ratios in those schools since he came to office? I ask him to give a cumulative account of exactly what has happened with respect to the pupil-teacher ratios in schools with one, two, three and four teachers.

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