Reduce the primary pupil-teacher ratio to 19:1

What this means

• This is a government commitment to reduce the number of pupils per teacher in Irish primary schools from the current level down to 19 pupils for every one teacher.[source]
• The commitment was set out in the Programme for Government published on 23 January 2025 and is currently listed as in progress.[source]
• The Department of Education, led by Minister Hildegarde Naughton, is responsible for delivering this commitment.[source]
• The government has set a five-year window to achieve this target, though no specific annual milestones or deadline date have been published.[source]
• Smaller class sizes matter for accountability because they affect teaching quality and resource allocation across all primary schools in Ireland.[source]

Direct impact (2)

• delivery owned by body
  Department of EducationBody
• delivery owned by officeholder
  Hildegarde NaughtonOfficeholder

Indirect impact (7)

Two-hop relationships traced through the entity above. Useful for spotting downstream knock-on effects.

• delivery owned by officeholder → holds role: Teachta Dála2-hop via hildegarde-naughton
  Dáil ÉireannBody
• delivery owned by body → owns statutory mandate2-hop via dept-education
  Provision and oversight of first- and second-level educationMandate
• delivery owned by body → owns statutory mandate2-hop via dept-education
  Provision of education for children with special educational needsMandate
• delivery owned by body → holds role: Minister of State at the Department of Education and Youth2-hop via dept-education
  Michael MoynihanOfficeholder
• delivery owned by body → holds role: Secretary General, Department of Education2-hop via dept-education
  Bernie McNallyOfficeholder
• delivery owned by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-education
  Expand special classes and special school placesCommitment
• delivery owned by officeholder → member of party2-hop via hildegarde-naughton
  Fine GaelParty