Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour) | Oireachtas source

They are for the purposes the Deputy outlined. We have not made any changes for the current year in terms of what was done in previous years. That has been factored into the allocation of teachers. However, I am looking to the future in terms of what we might be able to do, including in regard to small schools and the pupil-teacher ratio. In the context of what was decided in the last budget, there was not a specific proposal in regard to the numbers of teachers allocated generally in terms of the pupil-teacher ratio but specifically for the schools about which the Deputy spoke.

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