Charlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 188: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) was included in the recent review of DEIS schools; if not included, if he will explain the reason it was not included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12664/12]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 189: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) was included in the recent review of DEIS schools; if so, the reason his decision not to keep the legacy post was not reversed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12667/12]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 188 and 189 together.

Due to conflicting numbers of posts being reported as potentially lost to DEIS Band 1 and Band 2 urban primary schools it was necessary to obtain clarity with regard to the net effect of a range of factors on teacher allocations in these schools; for example, increasing and decreasing enrolments, the reforms to the existing teacher allocations process and up to date enrolments, all of which contribute to determining the staffing requirement for these schools for 2012/13 school year. The Report on the net impact, in terms of posts, of Budget measures on these DEIS Band 1 and Band 2 urban primary schools, that still had additional posts allocated under disadvantage schemes pre-dating DEIS, was published on 21 February 2012.

The School to which the Deputy refers was not included as part of this Report, as it is a DEIS rural primary school. Of the 328 DEIS Rural primary schools, 16 of these schools with legacy posts will lose one teaching post each. It should be noted that the overwhelming majority of DEIS Rural Primary Schools have not been affected by this decision. A letter has issued from my Department to the school referred to by the Deputy in relation to the withdrawal of posts from previous disadvantage schemes.