Pádraic McCormack
Question:271 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Education and Science if extra funding will be allocated to the National Training and Development Institute to enable it to carry out the implementation of programmes in rehabilitative training with the division of vocational training for people with disabilities; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a teacher to trainee ratio of seven to one is the level of staffing required for these programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18460/03]