Jennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Primary schools all over the country are finding it difficult to get teachers, with the issue near crisis point in Wicklow, Kildare and Dublin. In fact, principals are finding it nearly impossible to provide the most basic educational service and that is just keeping classrooms open. This is causing significant problems for all pupils but particularly those with special needs. Earlier throughout Covid, those children were left behind because classrooms and education were not available to them.

What measures is the Taoiseach's Government taking to make sure our classrooms have enough teachers available to them and will he reintroduce the banked hours system that ran during Covid so that those children with additional needs and their special educational needs, SEN, teachers can bank the hours being spent on other classroom provision?

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