Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 143: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of additional teachers which would need to be employed in order to ensure that class sizes are reduced by one in primary schools in the 2008/2009 school year; and the costs associated with same. [16856/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is not readily available. However, the reduction to the staffing schedule in the current school year resulted in the provision of circa 850 additional posts at an estimated annual cost of €49m.