Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 61: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills in regard to the home-school community liaison scheme, which to date included both urban and rural schools, if rural schools will be excluded from this scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45723/10]

Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North, Fine Gael)
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Question 64: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools that will be affected by the reduction in the number of rural co-ordinators serving primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45762/10]

Seán Haughey (Dublin North Central, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 61 and 64 together.

The Government has published the National Recovery Plan 2011 to 2014. The plan includes measures to secure some €24m in savings in the 2011/2012 school year. These measures will lead to a reduction of up to approximately 1,200 posts in 2011 (700 primary, 500 post-primary) which, however, will be partly offset by the addition of some 875 new posts due to demographics. The measures to reduce teacher posts includes the removal of the Rural Coordinator service from 331 rural DEIS primary schools. This measure will not affect the provision of HSCL services which remain in 200 post primary and 345 urban primary participating in DEIS.