Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I agree with previous speakers. We are living in a diverse society. The issue I am raising is one that is common to all schools. We are living with people, going to schools and telling them we are cutting class sizes, yet I know of a school that is going to lose a teacher. More than 20 students are going to be put into classes around the school. It does not make sense.

I want to raise another issue because I have to leave. In the past three weeks, I have met with different schools about DEIS status. There is DEIS 1 and DEIS 2. There are boys in DEIS 1 and girls in DEIS 2. That has brought confusion. There are children from the same family going to different schools. The Minister needs to get these issues sorted. They are becoming huge issues across all schools on the ground.

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