Michael Kitt (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 160: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made to retain a learning support teacher at a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14490/11]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Department Circular 30/2011 sets out the arrangements for the deployment of resource teaching posts in schools for the 2011/12 school year. The purpose of this circular is to inform schools of the arrangements that are being put in place for the 2011/12 school year in respect of their NCSE-approved resource hours so that posts are deployed in line with authorised allocations. As an interim arrangement for 2011/12, the Department's approach has allowed schools to roll over all their existing full-time posts on the condition that any surplus capacity in these posts is shared with other local schools. The full-time resource teaching post has been rolled over in the school referred to by the Deputy. If the roll-over arrangements are not sufficient to meet a school's NCSE approved allocation, they must firstly contact their local schools for any surplus capacity and then, if necessary, there is an application process to the Department under the circular.