Written answers

Tuesday, 6 December 2011

Department of Education and Skills

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

7:00 pm

Photo of Sandra McLellanSandra McLellan (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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Question 75: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the pupil-teacher ratio for schools (details supplied) for the years 2009, 2010 and 2011; his plans to reduce the ratio in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38710/11]

Photo of Sandra McLellanSandra McLellan (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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Question 77: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of language support teachers employed at schools (details supplied) for the years 2009, 2010 and 2011; his plans to ensure that adequate language and special needs supports are in place in each of these schools in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38712/11]

Photo of Sandra McLellanSandra McLellan (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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Question 78: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average class size in schools (details supplied) for the years 2009, 2010 and 2011; his plans to reduce this figure in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38713/11]

Photo of Ruairi QuinnRuairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 75, 77 and 78 together. The Statistics Section of my Department's website contains information relating to class size in primary schools. The information includes the number of pupils in each class, the number of pupils in each class size range and the number of teachers in each school. As you will be aware from the budget announcements yesterday, there is no increase in the general average of 28:1 for the allocation of classroom teachers at primary level. However, the staffing arrangements in schools for the 2012/13 school year can also be affected by changes in their enrolment, the impact of other budget measures and the reforms to the teacher allocation process. The reform of the allocation process is designed to bring a more equitable distribution of existing posts between schools so there will inevitably be some schools that will lose posts and some schools that will gain posts. My Department will be notifying schools in January of the new staffing arrangements for 2012/13 school year.

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