Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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Question 107: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the proposed staffing levels for September 2011 at a school (details supplied) in County Limerick, with a view to sustaining the current teacher numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16706/11]

Dan Neville (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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Question 111: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that a school (details supplied) in County Limerick will be retained as a four-teacher school. [16114/11]

Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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Question 128: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will grant a fourth teacher to a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16404/11]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 107, 111 and 128 together.

The criteria used for the allocation of teachers to schools is published annually on my Department's website. 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. It is open to any Board of Management 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. The final staffing position for all schools will ultimately not be known until the Autumn. At that stage the allocation process will be fully completed for mainstream classroom teachers and any appeals to the Staffing Appeals Boards will have been considered.