Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the way schools are surviving without middle management support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1477/13]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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When the moratorium was introduced the Government exempted Principal and Deputy Principal posts in all primary and post-primary schools and these continue to be replaced in the normal manner. The impact of the moratorium is therefore limited to the Director of Adult Education, Assistant Principal and Special Duties allowances payable to teachers on promotion. Vacancies at this level arise due to retirements in the specific grades and typically also from the knock on effect of filling Principal and Deputy Principal posts.

The Department has interim alleviation measures in place for schools that are acutely affected by the impact of the moratorium at Assistant Principal level.