Ivana Bacik (Dublin Bay South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

A Cheann Comhairle, I want to address the Taoiseach's response to me. Government policy is taking teachers for granted, notwithstanding his response. We still have some of the highest pupil-teacher ratios in Europe. The Government promised a citizens' assembly on the future of education which seems to have been quietly dropped. We want to know when the Taoiseach will address the teacher shortage crisis that is causing such seriously negative knock-on impacts for children's education across the country. As we reach the last few weeks of this Government, what is the plan for the citizens' assembly on education and for that broader vision on the future of our education system that was promised in the programme for Government?

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