Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 225: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the schools that will be affected by her recent announcement regarding the termination of the contracts of Junior Certificate School Programme librarians; the number of children that will be affected; and the number of jobs that will be lost. [26063/10]

Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 226: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she has assessed the impact on literacy levels that her decision to terminate the contracts of Junior Certificate School Programme librarians will have. [26064/10]

Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 231: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will reverse the decision to terminate the contracts of Junior Certificate school programme librarians in order to protect and continue the literacy improvements their work is helping to achieve. [26104/10]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 225, 226 and 231 together.

Currently there are 30 schools included in the Demonstration Library Project. The full list of schools is provided hereunder: Donegal -Pobalscoil Chloich Cheannfhaola Meath - Beaufort College Waterford - Colaiste Chathail Naofa

- St. Paul's Community College Wexford - Enniscorthy Vocational College

- Wexford Vocational College Wicklow - Abbey Community College

- St. Kilian's Community School Cork - Terence MacSwiney Community College Dublin - Larkin Community College

- Mount Carmel Secondary School

- Kylemore College

- Colaiste Eoin

- Patrician College

- St. Kevin's College

- Riversdale Community College

- Collinstown Park Community College

- St. Kevin's Community College

- Jobstown Community College

- Killinarden Community School

- St. Aidan's Community School

- Marino College

- Colaiste Dhulaigh

- St. Paul's C.B.S.

- Presentation Secondary School

- C.B.S. James' Street

- Plunket College

- Trinity Comprehensive School Galway - Galway Community College Limerick - St. Enda's Community School

There are approximately 11,000 students in schools with Demonstration Libraries, with 2,500 of these participating in the Junior Curriculum Support Programme. Of these schools, 21 currently host librarians employed on a fixed term contract due to expire at the end of August 2010.

Library staff, like other public servants in the Education Sector, other than teachers and SNAs, are subject to the public sector recruitment moratorium. As the Deputy is aware, exemptions from the moratorium are, in the context of the public finances, a matter for serious deliberation. However, I am pleased to say, that having considered the matter it has been decided to retain the library staff for the coming school year.