Paddy McHugh (Galway East, Independent)
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Question 179: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to provide designated offices for national school principals recognising that 45 per cent of school principals have no principal's office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17733/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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When undertaking building projects in schools, my Department generally makes provision for office accommodation for school principals. It is generally my Department's experience that it is the smaller primary schools that do not have dedicated offices for principals. In these schools the Principal has full-time teaching duties and has a number of days per year for administrative work. Building projects in these schools are generally delivered on a devolved basis by the school management authorities who have a key role in prioritising their accommodation needs.