Brian Ó Domhnaill (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Ba mhaith liom tagairt a dhéanamh ar maidin do chur i láthair a bheidh ar siúl in Óstán Buswells ag a haon a chlog inniu, eagraithe ag na 13 bhunscoil ar na hoileáin amuigh ón chósta, cúigear nach bhfuil ach aon oide acu agus ochtar a bhfuil dhá mhúinteoir acu. Léireoidh mé an fhadhb atá ag cuid de na scoileanna. The problem for some of the schools located on our offshore islands is the number of teachers. Five of the 13 primary schools located on offshore islands have only one teacher. That is totally unacceptable from a teaching point of view, given that that one teacher must act as principal, teach all of the classes, look after all of the pupils, and take care of health and safety, supervision, etc. We have only 13 island schools in the country. A presentation on this issue will take place at 1 o'clock in Buswells Hotel, and Councillor Seán Ó Tuairisg from Galway will lead the delegation. It is vital that the Department of Education and Skills adopt a policy under which no school on an island can have fewer than two teachers-----