Willie Penrose (Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 448: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will take steps to ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be appointed to a permanent position as soon as possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29934/04]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The permanent teacher allocation for an individual voluntary secondary school for a particular school year consists of approved ex-quota posts and the posts warranted by the enrolment at the end of the preceding September on the basis of the current pupil-teacher ratio. Vacancies in schools arising from career breaks, approved leave of absence or secondments and concessionary posts, which are allocated in excess of a school's normal quota of posts, may only be filled in a temporary or part-time capacity.

The number of posts in any particular school which can be filled in a permanent capacity cannot exceed the allocation warranted by the enrolment and the approved ex-quota posts. In the case to which the Deputy refers, the number of posts which can be filled in a permanent capacity is 22. According to my Department's records, there are 22 permanent teachers on the staff of the school in question. In the circumstances, no further permanent appointment can be made at this time.