1204 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Education and Science the steps he will take to address the concerns of the Protestant community arising from his change in the status of Protestant voluntary schools and the abolition of grants formerly paid to them; if his attention has been drawn to the recommendations contained in report of the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes regarding these schools are a cause of additional concern and alarm and a belief that their implementation will result in further discrimination against Protestant schools and the Protestant community and the possible closure of schools; if he will address these concerns and engage in discussions with the Protestant secondary school sector to ensure the future capacity of these schools to fully meet the needs of the Protestant community and for the purpose of allocating teachers to be restored to the same pupil teacher ratio as applies to schools in the free education scheme. [30785/09]

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1204 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Education and Science the steps he will take to address the concerns of the Protestant community arising from his change in the status of Protestant voluntary schools and the abolition of grants formerly paid to them; if his attention has been drawn to the recommendations contained in report of the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes regarding these schools are a cause of additional concern and alarm and a belief that their implementation will result in further discrimination against Protestant schools and the Protestant community and the possible closure of schools; if he will address these concerns and engage in discussions with the Protestant secondary school sector to ensure the future capacity of these schools to fully meet the needs of the Protestant community and for the purpose of allocating teachers to be restored to the same pupil teacher ratio as applies to schools in the free education scheme. [30785/09]

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