Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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27. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any legacy teaching posts within his Department; and if so, the number and the cost to his Department. [43857/13]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Following the Report on the net impact of Budget 2012 on DEIS urban schools, 191 posts are retained in DEIS primary schools at an approximate cost of €11.46 million in order to implement more favourable pupil teacher ratios under previous disadvantage schemes for the 2013/14 school year. As the Deputy may be aware, a range of factors contribute to determining the staffing requirement for individual schools including changes to enrolment. As the teaching allocation to schools, including legacy posts, is enrolment based, this determines whether schools gain or lose teaching posts from year to year.