I am pleased to advise the Deputy that the pupils attending the schools in question currently have access to the services of a shared remedial teacher. I am not in a position at present to make additional remedial teacher posts available to primary schools.
Since my appointment as Minister for Education, I have allocated an additional 241 remedial teachers to the primary sector. A total of 1,188 remedial teachers are now in place and the percentage of pupils who have access to a remedial service has increased from 77 per cent to 87 per cent.