Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Again, the Deputy did not listen to the answer. It was two, three and four days a week depending on the size of the school. In addition, I have provided clusters where schools can pool their resources to take on a permanent position to support them. We are making progress. I am glad the Deputy is urging more investment in education because it is something I want to do. The Deputy should acknowledge there are many really good principals doing great work and we have succeeded at a very difficult period in driving our education system to have the highest standards of literacy and numeracy in Europe. That is no mean achievement. We need to credit our leaders in the schools with that.

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