Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the attached correspondence (details supplied) in County Kerry regarding school cuts. [16306/13]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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There will be no change to the staffing of the school referred to by the Deputy for the coming school year, 2013/14. The school had 5 teaching posts in the current school year. It will have 5 teaching posts in the 2013/14 school year. The Government has protected frontline services in schools to the greatest extent possible in the recent budget and there will be no reduction in teacher numbers in primary schools for the 2013/14 school year as a result of the budget. The DEIS scheme for disadvantaged schools is also fully protected with no overall changes to staffing levels or funding as a result of the budget.

All public servants are being asked to do more with less and teachers in our schools, although better sheltered than other sectors, cannot be immune from this requirement.