Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will support the literacy project sponsored by Barnardos (details supplied). [58104/12]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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My Department has prioritised funding for literacy and numeracy initiatives in the current, very difficult, budgetary context. The priority is to support measures which are proven to be core to improving outcomes for our children and young people. These include improving initial teacher training and continuing professional development, supporting curricular change and systematically targeting supports for students in disadvantaged schools. My Department is not in a position to support measures over and above those outlined in the National Strategy on Literacy and Numeracy which was carefully designed to make the very best use of our scarce resources.