Michael McCarthy (Cork South West, Labour)
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85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons a school (details supplied) in County Louth was allowed to employ a second deputy principal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25036/14]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Teacher allocations to all second level schools are approved annually by my Department in accordance with established rules based on recognised pupil enrolment. The criteria for the allocation of posts are communicated to school managements annually and are available on the Department website. Under these arrangements an ex-quota Deputy Principal Post is allocated to each post primary school with an enrolment of at least 500 recognised pupils (such posts are filled in-quota in smaller schools). A second ex-quota Deputy Principal post is allocated to each school with a minimum enrolment of 1,000 or more recognised pupils or in DEIS schools with a minimum enrolment of 900 or more recognised pupils. When the moratorium on the filling of posts of responsibility was introduced the Government exempted Principal and Deputy Principal posts in all primary and post-primary schools and these posts continue to be replaced in the normal manner.

Michael McCarthy (Cork South West, Labour)
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86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of retired teachers who were employed in schools (details supplied) in County Louth from September 2013 to June 2014 inclusive; the amount that was paid to those employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25037/14]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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O Fiaich Institute of Further Education is an Education and Training Board school and the information is respect of that school should be sought from Louth and Meath ETB. The information sought by the Deputy in relation to the other schools referenced is not readily available from my Department.