Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 86: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of males who entered the teaching profession at primary and secondary level in 2004 as a percentage of the entire cohort; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7894/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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According to my Department's records, in the current school year 144 male teachers have been appointed for the first time as permanent or temporary qualified teachers at primary level. This represents 10.6% of the total number of such teachers appointed for the first time at primary level. A total of 279 male teachers have been appointed for the first time to posts in voluntary secondary, community and comprehensive schools in the current school year. This represents 29.1% of the total number of teachers who have been appointed for the first time to posts in these categories of schools.

Details of the number of male teachers who have been appointed for the first time to teaching posts in the vocational sector in the current school year are not readily available.