Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of two class teacher, three teacher, four teacher and five teacher, excluding learning support and resource teachers but including teaching principals, schools that have lost teachers in the school years commencing September 2012 and 2013; the number due to lose teachers in September 2014; the name, address and roll number of each school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8907/14]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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A total of 122 schools were due to lose a classroom teacher (73 in the 2012/13 school year and 49 in the 2013/14 school year) as a result of the small schools 2012 budget measure.The appeals process reduced these losses to 43 in the 2012/13 school year and 32 in the 2013/14 school year.

The list of these schools is being given to the Deputy.

The allocation process for the 2014/15 school year is currently underway.

Early indications are that 34 primary schools are due to lose a classroom teacher for the 2014/15 school year as a consequence of the implementation of the final phase of the Budget 2012 measure. This figure is preliminary at this stage and would be expected to reduce following the appeals process. The final position will be known in the Autumn.

Schools That Lost A Post in 2012/13 School Year