Seán Crowe
Question:144 Mr. Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of the principal, staff and parents of children attending Scoil Carmel national school, Firhouse Road, Dublin 24, in that the school will lose a member of its teaching staff in the academic year 2002-03 supposedly due to the fact it will be one pupil short of the number required for its existing teacher allocation; if he has considered the possible implications this will have on overcrowding; and if he will examine the school's request to retain its existing staff. [15137/02]