Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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Question 23: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that there will be adequate provision for career guidance and counselling for 2012/2013 school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30966/12]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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All schools must continue to provide guidance to their pupils however from the start of the new school year guidance provision will be managed by schools from within their standard staffing allocation. Circular 0009/2012 issued by my Department while informing post primary school management and staff of the revised arrangements confirmed the requirement to provide for guidance. This was in response to claims that schools would abandon guidance provision altogether. Teacher allocations to post primary schools for the coming school year have effectively been settled at this stage and schools have autonomy on how best to prioritise their available resources to meet the requirements in relation to guidance and the provision of an appropriate range of subjects to students. I am confident that schools will act in the best interest of students when determining precisely how to use the teaching resources available to them.