Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The programme for Government contains a commitment to address the staffing requirements of small schools within the first 100 days of the new Administration. This was followed up during the recent budget announcement that more teachers would be hired. It came as a great disappointment to two schools in my constituency, Carrigkerry national school and Ballybrown national school, to receive negative determinations from the primary staffing appeals board in circumstances where they are losing teachers. When will the Government address pupil-teacher ratios and staffing issues in small schools and other national schools in my constituency and across the country given its promises in the programme for Government and the recent Budget Statement?

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