Written answers
Tuesday, 8 March 2005
Department of Education and Science
Pupil-Teacher Ratio
8:00 pm
Paul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Green Party)
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Question 426: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the pupil-teacher ratio per class per year in each of the schools in Lucan. [7974/05]
Paul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Green Party)
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Question 427: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the pupil-teacher ratio per class per year in each of the schools in Palmerstown. [7975/05]
Paul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Green Party)
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Question 428: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the pupil-teacher ratio per class per year in each of the schools in Clondalkin. [7976/05]
Paul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Green Party)
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Question 429: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the pupil-teacher ratio per class per year in each of the schools in Saggart. [7977/05]
Paul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Green Party)
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Question 430: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the pupil-teacher ratio per class per year in each of the schools in Newcastle. [7978/05]
Paul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Green Party)
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Question 431: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the pupil-teacher ratio per class per year in each of the schools in Rathcoole. [7979/05]
Paul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Green Party)
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Question 432: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the pupil-teacher ratio per class per year in each of the schools in Brittas. [7980/05]
Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 426 to 432, inclusive, together.
The national level pupil-teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the number of pupils by the number of teachers. Data on teachers include special education teachers and resource teachers in addition to classroom teachers.
Teachers other than classroom teachers are generally shared among a number of classes and, in some cases, between a number of schools. Therefore, the pupil-teacher ratio is applied at school level not classroom level.
The questions refer to a range of geographical areas. However, the school addresses that are stored on the primary database may not always correspond to the names of the locations of interest to the Deputy. Therefore, to ensure clarity, I ask the Deputy to please provide details of the school name and roll number of the schools to which he refers.
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