Charlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 185: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of schools with less than 86 pupils who will lose one or more teachers in September 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36314/12]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 186: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list those schools with less than 86 pupils who will lose one or more mainstream teachers in September 2012; the number of mainstream teachers that each of these schools is set to lose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36315/12]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 185 and 186 together.

73 small primary schools were originally due to lose a classroom teacher in September 2012 as a result of the budget measure to increase the relevant pupil thresholds. The Staffing Appeals Board provisionally upheld appeals from 41 schools subject to confirmation that their actual enrolments in September 2012 reach the required level. The breakdown of the remaining 32 schools is attached.

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.