Rónán Mullen (Independent)

He made one challenging and somewhat provoking observation when he suggested — as this report also suggests — that cutting class size will not necessary benefit students. That is something to which the Irish National Teachers Organisation is profoundly opposed. While not denying that this is a provoking statement, it is something we need to reflect on and we need to have this debate. As we face into hard choices and some of them will be nasty choices around cuts, we need to have an honest debate about what is working well, what is working badly and the matters that must be prioritised and those that should not be prioritised.