Michael Noonan (Limerick East, Fine Gael)
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Question 270: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the cutbacks in education announced in budget 2009 will result in the loss of a class teacher at a school (details supplied) in County Limerick and that this will reduce the full-time staff from eight to seven teachers so that there will no longer be a teacher per class and all classes will be in excess of 30 pupils; if he will make special provision for this school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37761/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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The specific information requested by the Deputy in relation to the detailed staffing allocation of the school in question for the academic year 2009/10 cannot be determined until the allocation process has fully concluded. There is nothing exceptional in this. The allocation process includes appellate mechanisms under which schools can appeal against the allocation due to them under the staffing schedules. At primary level the final allocation to a school is also a function of the operation of the redeployment panels which provide for the retention of a teacher in an existing school if a new post is not available within the agreed terms of the scheme.

Schools are currently returning data to my Department in relation to their enrolment as of 30 September. My Department has commenced processing this data although all schools have not yet made their returns. The allocation processes including notification to schools will commence early in the New Year.