I propose to take Questions Nos. 74, 80, 81 and 84 together.
The budget for education, including the number of teaching posts that we can afford to fund in schools is a matter that I will have to consider with my colleagues in Cabinet in the context of the forthcoming budget. The decisions in relation to such matters will be announced at budget time. A particular challenge in the education sector is on ensuring we have school places and teachers for the thousands of additional pupils entering our schools each year. The Government will endeavour to protect frontline education services as best as possible. However, the context for any discussion about PTR and class sizes is the requirement to bring our overall public expenditure into line with what we can afford as a country. The challenge will be to ensure that the resources that can be provided are used to maximum effect to achieve the best possible outcome for pupils.