Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I propose to take Questions Nos. 62, 77 and 83 together.

This year, the NCSE has received some 14,600 new applications for resource teaching support up to 20 September 2013. Already the NCSE has allocated 5,284 posts and estimates that almost a further 500 posts will be required to meet applications, including 39 applications received after 20 September, which are still under consideration.

Last year, the NCSE processed 13,900 new applications for resource teaching support received up to 5 October 2012 deadline, resulting in an overall allocation of 5,259 resource teaching posts. Applications received by the NCSE after the deadline date, other than for a small number of emergency cases, were included in the allocation process for 2013-14, which commenced in January 2013.

This year, the NCSE received a total of 7,700 new applications for SNA support to date. Some 10,480 posts have been allocated to schools to date to meet these applications and existing allocations in schools, including special schools and classes. The NCSE will continue to process applications for the remainder of the school year.

The NCSE received 7,450 applications for SNA support for the 2012-13 school year. Some 10,397 SNA posts were allocated to schools by the end of the 2012-13 school year.

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