Written answers

Tuesday, 3 July 2007

Department of Education and Science

School Staffing

9:00 pm

Photo of James ReillyJames Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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Question 398: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will be appointing additional resource teachers to the national schools in Rush, Oldtown and Balbriggan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18508/07]

Photo of Mary HanafinMary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that Circular 0034/2007 issued from my Department in April of this year advising primary schools of the arrangements that apply to the retention of existing resource teaching posts and to the creation of additional posts for the 2007/08 school year.

Schools will be aware that they must have a minimum of 22 resource teaching hours to apply for an additional resource teaching post. In such cases, schools must complete and return Form LSRT 1 that issued with the circular. A separate form is required for each post.

My Department has received a significant volume of application forms from schools for the 2007/08 school year. These applications are currently being processed and it is intended to respond to the primary schools including those in the areas referred to by the Deputy as soon as possible in advance of the commencement of the new school year.

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