Written answers

Wednesday, 29 October 2008

Department of Education and Science

School Staffing

9:00 pm

Photo of Brian HayesBrian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 513: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the proportion of teachers at primary and secondary level who have permanent posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37010/08]

Photo of Batt O'KeeffeBatt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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Significant improvements have been made in the staffing levels of our second level schools in recent years. The current teacher allocation for the mainstream second level sectors including Co-Operation hours is twenty six thousand seven hundred and twenty one whole time teacher equivalents. In the period between the 2001/2002 and the 2007/2008 school years, there were approximately twelve hundred additional mainstream teaching posts allocated to second level schools. The number of whole time teacher equivalents in the primary sector at present is thirty one thousand one hundred and thirty four. The number of permanent teaching posts available in individual schools at any one time is determined in accordance with criteria agreed with the education partners. It is a matter for the individual school authority, as employer, to determine whether any particular post when vacated may be filled on a permanent basis.

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