Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The programme for Government has various commitments under the education heading to allow students to reach their full potential. There is a serious issue with regard to resource hours and how they have been allocated, however. Two schools recently came to me which will need more resource hours in the 2017-18 school year, but they have been allocated the same resource hours as last year. This will put enormous pressure on the schools to help and accommodate the extra children who will need more resource hours. The way resource hours were allocated is totally inadequate. Due recognition must be taken of the number of children who need help with resource hours rather than a blanket number of hours being allocated.

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