Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 34: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the retired teachers who are employed by the Teacher Education Section in providing continuing professional development and the details of payments or expenses paid to each in the past three years. [25780/12]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Since September 2010, Blackrock Education Centre has been responsible for a central database of part time personnel available for work with the professional development support services and for the management of payments and engagement of such personnel within approved limits. The arrangements in place provide for education centres to directly engage personnel, which may include retired personnel, to work on behalf of the professional development support services. The professional development support services for teachers funded by my Department currently have 1,251 teachers registered for part time employment to supplement the provision of full time personnel, and to provide support in specialist areas where there is no capacity within the full-time teams. Of this amount just over 8% (104) are retired personnel. In the school year 2010-2011 retired personnel worked for an average of just over 4 days, and in the school year 2011-2012 retired personnel worked for an average of just over 5 days. The amounts paid by Blackrock EC in the period 2010-2012 are as follows: 2010 - €104,509 of which €53,233 relates to travel and subsistence expenses 2011 - €247,380 of which €135,444 relates to travel and subsistence expenses 2012 - €39,787 of which €21,916 relates to travel and subsistence expenses.