Written answers

Tuesday, 12 June 2012

Department of Education and Skills

School Staffing

8:00 pm

Photo of Seán FlemingSeán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Question 258: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Offaly will be allowed regain its fourth teacher for 2012/2013 school year in view of the fact that they had 81 pupils enrolled on 1 September 2011, and under the ratios in force at that time would have entitled them to have a fourth teacher; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28017/12]

Photo of Michael CreedMichael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Question 259: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be an appeals process open for two, three and four teacher schools who stand to lose a teacher for the 2013/2014 school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28026/12]

Photo of Ruairi QuinnRuairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 258 and 259 together.

As part of the Budget 2012 decisions, the number of pupils required to gain and retain a classroom teaching post in small primary schools will be gradually increased between September 2012 and September 2014. The detailed arrangements are set out in the Department's Staffing Circular 0007/2012 that is now published on my Department's website.

In these extremely challenging times, all public servants are being asked to deliver our public services on a reduced level of resources and teachers in small schools cannot be immune from this requirement. The final staffing position for all schools will ultimately not be known until the Autumn. At that stage the allocation process will be fully completed and all appeals to the Staffing Appeals Board will have been considered.

It is anticipated that the staffing arrangements for the 2013/14 school year, including the appeal process will be published in early 2013.

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