School Staff
Dail Éireann — 2026-10-01
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Grace Boland (FG), Dublin Fingal West

I have only just received the Minister of State's answer, but I was trying to follow him. He says the school had 249 pupils and it needed an additional 23 on the previous September's enrolment, which it has. It has exceeded that. I am not sure what the threshold figure is but there has to be some flexibility here. The school has exceeded its enrolment by 23 pupils. Pressures are going to be placed on the students in the classroom, in particular with all of the additional needs.
The Minister of State is the Minister of State responsible for special education. He has to agree it is simply not acceptable to have 33 students in a class.

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