Vol. 489 No. 6
754 Mr. Bradford asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will implement his stated policy promise of appointing a second teacher to all one teacher schools with ten pupils or more; if so, when he expects to honour this commitment; and if he will confirm that a second teacher will be appointed to Clondulane national school, Fermoy, County Cork. [9168/98]
Clondulane national school is currently one of 103 one teacher national schools in the country. An Action Programme for the Millennium contains a commitment to give primary education a clear priority in allocating resources. In this context, the programme specifically states that one teacher schools with ten or more pupils will receive a second teacher.
In the context of considering staffing arrangements for primary schools for the 1998-99 school year, I am examining a range of options, with a view to identifying the most appropriate way to fulfil the Government's commitments to one teacher schools as outlined in An Action Programme for the Millennium.
