Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 173: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the primary schools and the number of teachers in each school in the Dublin 2, Dublin 4 and Dublin 6 areas. [42010/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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Statistics on primary schools are published annually by my Department on a county by county basis. The information is currently being collected from schools for the 2008/09 school year and this will be published when completed.

My Department interacts with over 3,200 primary schools on many day to day issues including their staffing allocation and grant payments and it is not possible to compile the information requested by the Deputy at individual school level given the inordinate amount of time it would take and balanced against the many other competing demands on my Department's resources.

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 176: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide a breakdown of the amount spent on paying the salaries of teachers in each individual private, fee-paying secondary and primary school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42013/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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I am checking what information can be provided in my Department without creating an undue administrative burden and will be forward such information directly to the Deputy.

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 177: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers employed in each individual, private fee-paying primary and secondary school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42014/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department will be advising individual schools in the normal way in relation to their staffing allocations. The preparatory work for this has commenced with the processing of enrolment data that has been received from schools. The staffing allocation processes including notification to schools will commence early in the New Year. The allocation process includes appellate mechanisms under which schools can appeal against the allocation due to them under the staffing schedules. In addition to the mainstream classroom teachers my Department also allocates teaching resources to schools for special needs and language support.

At this time the priority for my Department within the resources available to it is to carry out those processes in a timely manner. Diverting resources in order to compile either historic information or to create staffing profiles for the individual schools requested by the Deputy could not be justified and would in fact impede the process.