asked the Minister for Education if, in view of the high level of illiteracy found in primary school leavers in the recent report of the chief school attendance officer of the city of Dublin, he will (a) immediately arrange for an inquiry as to why children can neither read, write nor count satisfactorily after eight to ten years tuition in primary schools (b) greatly increase the number of remedial teachers and declare them ex-quota and (c) augment and categorise as ex-quota remedial teachers in post-primary schools.
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