Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 595: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will allocate additional teaching hours to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare under curricular concessions or under the additional provision for teachers in all Irish schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23575/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Teacher allocations to second level schools are approved annually by my Department in accordance with established rules based on recognised pupil enrolment. Each school management authority is required to organise its teaching timetable and subject options having regard to pupils needs within the limit of its approved teacher allocation.

The rules for allocating teaching resources provide that where a school management authority is unable to meet its curricular commitments within its approved allocation, my Department will consider applications for additional short term support. The school referred to by the Deputy applied for curricular concessions for the 2005-06 school year but following consideration of the application was not granted any further allocation.

An independent appeals committee is available to school authorities who wish to appeal the adequacy of their teacher allocation. The school in question appealed to this committee and has been granted 0.50 whole-time equivalent posts. Decisions of the appeals committee are final.