Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 146: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the application by a school (details supplied) in County Cork to have an additional mainstream teacher appointed to the school for the beginning of the next school year to cope with the high enrolment of infants to the school. [13572/11]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the previous 30 September. The staffing schedule for the 2011-2012 school year was published on my Department's website in March 2011.

The staffing schedule also includes an appeals mechanism for schools to submit an appeal under certain criteria to an independent Appeal Board. Details of the criteria for appeal are contained in the staffing schedule, Circular 0019/2011. This school appealed their allocation of mainstream teaching posts for the 2011-2012 school year. The Primary Staffing Appeal Board considered the case at its meeting on 25 May 2011 and refused the appeal. The Board operates independently of the Department and its decision is final.