Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 457: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the effect of the cutbacks in the education sector to a secondary school (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37864/08]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 458: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the effect of the cutbacks in the education sector to a secondary school (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37865/08]

Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 472: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on the concerns of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37938/08]

Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)
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Question 492: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the proposals he has to find a solution to the difficulties for a school (details supplied) in County Waterford arising from budget 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37989/08]

Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)
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Question 494: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his proposals to resolve the difficulties arising from budget 2009 for a second level school (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38147/08]

Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)
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Question 495: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the solutions he proposes in regard to the extent of the education cuts and their impact on a school (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38148/08]

Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)
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Question 496: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the solutions he proposes in regard to the effects of the education cut back on a community college (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38149/08]

Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)
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Question 524: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the solutions he will provide to address the concerns of teachers from a secondary school (details supplied) in County Waterford arising from the proposed education cuts announced in budget 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38337/08]

Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)
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Question 535: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the solutions he proposes to address the consequences of the proposed budget cuts in second level education to a school (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38439/08]

Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)
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Question 536: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his proposals regarding the concerns and the suggestions of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford in regard to the proposed education cuts in budget 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38440/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 457, 458, 472, 492, 494, 495, 496, 524, 535 and 536 together.

The 2009 Budget required difficult choices to be made across all areas of public expenditure, and decisions were made in order to control expenditure and to ensure sustainability in the long term. In this respect Education, while protected to a much greater extent than most other areas of public expenditure, could not be entirely spared, and I acknowledge the impact of funding restrictions in a number of areas, including at school level. However, these are the inevitable result of the challenging economic environment and the need to prudently manage Exchequer resources.

The positions of individual schools, including those referred to by the Deputies, will not be known until the staffing and budgetary allocations are finalised in the New Year.