Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)
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Question 194: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of principal, assistant, resource special needs and learning support teachers in gaelscoileanna. [4854/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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There are currently 124 principal teachers, 903 teachers, 30 resource teachers, including resource teachers for Travellers, and 161 learning support and resource teachers based in gaelscoileanna. In addition, gaelscoileanna have the service of two home school community liaison teachers and one support teacher. Posts allocated to gaelscoileanna due to disadvantaged status or under the Giving Children an Even Break programme are included in the figure above for teachers.

The Deputy should note that the figures for resource and learning support resource teachers refer to posts based in gaelscoileanna and that these posts may be shared with other schools. Likewise, the figures do not include teachers based in other schools who also work in gaelscoileanna.