Island schools in need of more cash, staff

The future of island schools should be supported with extra staff and funding to attract additional teachers and students, an Oireachtas committee recommends.

The reinstatement of a €1,600 allowance to recent and newly appointed teachers at island schools is one of the key proposals of the Oireachtas Education Committee.

The issues it considered in a report published yesterday relate to 12 primary schools and five second-level schools in counties Cork, Galway, Mayo, and Donegal.