272 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason, with regard to the class size in primary schools here, there are 34% of primary school children in County Sligo in classes of 29 plus, where the national class size is 24, the second highest in Europe and 68% of all primary school children in County Sligo are in classes of 24 plus; the further reason only 200 posts of the 4,000 additional teachers have gone to reduce class size; if she will provide a firm commitment that the average maximum be reduced to 26 of 219 teachers and then a phased annual reduction to at lease 24 which the INTO demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9265/07]

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272 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason, with regard to the class size in primary schools here, there are 34% of primary school children in County Sligo in classes of 29 plus, where the national class size is 24, the second highest in Europe and 68% of all primary school children in County Sligo are in classes of 24 plus; the further reason only 200 posts of the 4,000 additional teachers have gone to reduce class size; if she will provide a firm commitment that the average maximum be reduced to 26 of 219 teachers and then a phased annual reduction to at lease 24 which the INTO demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9265/07]

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