Michael McCarthy (Cork South West, Labour)
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Question 126: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current teacher allocation for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1840/12]

Michael McCarthy (Cork South West, Labour)
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Question 127: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Cork will lose a teacher due to budgetary readjustments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1842/12]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 126 and 127 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 schedules for the current school year and for the coming school year were published on my Department's website in March and December 2011 respectively.

My Department's focus is on implementing the staffing arrangements for the coming school year and I do not propose to divert scarce staffing resources to deal with individual queries from the Deputy. My Department will be notifying schools in the coming weeks of the new staffing arrangements for 2012/13 school year.