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Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2007)

Trevor Sargent: I am waiting for an answer.

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2007)

Trevor Sargent: Is the answer to my question yes or no?

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2007)

Trevor Sargent: That is not a reduction in class size.

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2007)

Trevor Sargent: There is a surplus of €2 billion.

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2007)

Trevor Sargent: I still do not have an answer.

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2007)

Trevor Sargent: This is a priority for the Green Party but is clearly not one for the Government. The Government wrote in the programme for Government that it would ensure average class sizes for children under nine would be below 20:1 by the time it left office. It will not do that. I suppose that is the best we can hope for in the way of a straight answer. Disadvantaged children also suffer. The...

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2007)

Trevor Sargent: The Minister for Education and Science can nod and tut-tut all she likes but Ireland is the only country in Europe where teachers must cope with more than 30 pupils in a classroom. That is a disgrace when compared with Greece which has an average of 18; Portugal, 16; Latvia, 17; Lithuania, 15, and in impoverished Sri Lanka, where our charities send money, there are only 20 pupils to a class...

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2007)

Trevor Sargent: It is a big sum for the Minister for Transport who knows all about small bits of money. He spent €60 million on electronic voting, only small change. Here is small change, 20 cent per pupil per day for the basic right of a classroom of 20 pupils.

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2007)

Trevor Sargent: That is what we are seeking. Is the Taoiseach going to deny children that basic right? How does he excuse such behaviour?

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2007)

Trevor Sargent: The children——

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2007)

Trevor Sargent: By the——

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2007)

Trevor Sargent: The Taoiseach is changing the subject.

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2007)

Trevor Sargent: The Government should have done it all.

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2007)

Trevor Sargent: Why not? There was a surplus of €2 billion.

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2007)

Trevor Sargent: What about this document I have in my possession?

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2007)

Trevor Sargent: The document I have in my possession is a copy of the programme for Government.

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2007)

Trevor Sargent: What about the promise in this document, the programme for Government?

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2007)

Trevor Sargent: I am saying nothing. I am listening and I am waiting for an answer.

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2007)

Trevor Sargent: I am listening.

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2007)

Trevor Sargent: It appears that I am the only one listening to the Taoiseach, but he should proceed in any event.