Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)
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Question 766: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of whole school evaluation reports and the number of subject inspection reports she will carry out in 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29543/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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In the first half of 2005 there were 141 whole-school evaluations of primary schools. A further 130 whole-school evaluations are planned at primary level for the rest of 2005.

At post-primary level there were 21 whole school evaluations in the first half of 2005. A further 32 evaluations are planned for the remainder of the year. There were 399 subject inspections at post-primary level in the first half of 2005, with a further 342 subject inspections planned for the rest of the year.

It is expected that the total number of whole-school evaluations at primary and post-primary level will be of the order of 300 in 2006 and the number of the subject inspections at post-primary level will be in the order of 700 in 2006.