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2019 Irish Primary Schools Bottom Of The Class 5,300 Access Pieta House’s
Suicide-Prevention Service
11th, For Class Sizes And Funding In Europe In 2019 C

September es are among the largest and tary John Boyle said the study last week said one in President & Founding
Irish primary school class-
Organisation general secre-
2019 report comes after a
report confirms what he
four children with disabilities
worst-funded in Europe, a
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“suspended” by short school
“We are topping the
The Organization for
| report has found. already knew. in Ireland is being effectively Paddy McCarthy
Editor
Economic Co-operation and
days.
league of shame when it
EXAMINER Development report found comes to class size and fund- day lasted only two to three 5,300 people have had face-to- Associate Publisher
Grahame Curtis
The average short school
ing at primary level,” he said.
that the average class size in
Marc-Yves Tumin
have
hours, with many pupils
“Many
teachers
Irish primary schools is 25,
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IRISH compared with an EU aver- become fundraisers, raising attending for less than an face appointments with Pieta Arts & Entertainment Editor
David Carter
funds to cover basic school
hour.
age of 20.
House’s suicide-prevention service
costs. The workload burden
The report from Inclusion
Ireland is also bottom of
the table when it comes to of principals and teachers in Ireland and Technological this year. Brad Balfour
The charity expects to break last
investment and funding, our primary schools is huge.” University Dublin detailed 2018’s record high of just over Sales Director
which has dropped signifi- “It’s time for a funding the “widespread, hidden and 8,000. John O’Rourke
cantly between 2010 and boost, a reduction in class often illegal suspension” of Pieta House’s Sinead Raftery
2016. size and for Government to children with disabilities by says one in seven adults has experi- Classified Advertising
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Funding at primary level deliver a minimum of one placing them on shorter enced mental health issues over
is also significantly lower leadership and management school days – resulting in the past year. Art Director
than that at second and third day per week for teaching missed classes and opportu- “We all have mental health,” Heidi Gross Kelley
level. principals.” nities to socialize with other said Ms Raftery. “So one in seven Contributors
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spent at second level and months but seven out of seven of Mooney, Neil McDaid, Aine Fox, Sean
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almost €16 at third level. us have mental health. Tumin, Jack McGrath, Charley Brady,
The report finds that Irish “And we all need to protect our Patrick Hurley, Catherine Wylie, Alicia
primary school teachers are mental health. Colon, Jason Gallagher, Jackie Cahill, Bill
Daly, Jim McKeon
among the hardest working “I think, certainly, more people
in Europe, with an average of are reaching out and are accessing Contributing Photographers
905 hours per year, com- services and getting help.” Leo Doyle, Danny McCabe, Roger
Wong
pared with 726 hours at sec- Pieta House called for people to
ond level and an EU average “use World Suicide Prevention Circulation
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