Pat Deering (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Question 19: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average number of years that principals in primary school serve; and if he could give comparable figures for periods in the past. [39104/11]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The information as requested by the Deputy is not readily available in my Department. It would take a significant investment of IT and other staffing resources to obtain this information. It is not possible given that the resource priorities must be allocated to ensuring the payment of teaching and non teaching staff on payrolls operated by my Department to provide this information.