Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who are qualified to teach Spanish; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13443/15]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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Teacher allocations to second level schools are approved annually by my Department in accordance with established rules based on recognised pupil enrolment. Within schools, the deployment of teachers is a matter for school management. Management authorities of individual schools and Education and Training Boards (ETBs) are responsible for the appointment and deployment of teachers so as to maximise the effective teaching of the curriculum offered by the school. Schools are also responsible for deciding what subjects and programmes to offer and this can vary in accordance with local need. This, in turn, determines the type of teacher competencies/specialisms required at that time.

Data supplied to my Department by the Teaching Council indicate that there are approximately 865 post-primary teachers registered on the basis of qualifications in Spanish. It should be noted that this number would include teachers who are not currently teaching the subject, such as those who are retired, on career breaks, travelling, unemployed, deployed to teach other subjects and so on.

Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who are qualified to teach German; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13444/15]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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Teacher allocations to second level schools are approved annually by my Department in accordance with established rules based on recognised pupil enrolment. Within schools, the deployment of teachers is a matter for school management. Management authorities of individual schools and Education and Training Boards (ETBs) are responsible for the appointment and deployment of teachers so as to maximise the effective teaching of the curriculum offered by the school. Schools are also responsible for deciding what subjects and programmes to offer and this can vary in accordance with local need. This, in turn, determines the type of teacher competencies/specialisms required at that time.

Data supplied to my Department by the Teaching Council indicate that there are approximately 1350 Post-primary teachers registered on the basis of qualifications in German. It should be noted that this number would include teachers who are not currently teaching the subject, such as those who are retired, on career breaks, travelling, unemployed, deployed to teach other subjects and so on.

Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who are qualified to teach French; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13445/15]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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Teacher allocations to second level schools are approved annually by my Department in accordance with established rules based on recognised pupil enrolment. Within schools, the deployment of teachers is a matter for school management. Management authorities of individual schools and Education and Training Boards (ETBs) are responsible for the appointment and deployment of teachers so as to maximise the effective teaching of the curriculum offered by the school. Schools are also responsible for deciding what subjects and programmes to offer and this can vary in accordance with local need. This, in turn, determines the type of teacher competencies/specialisms required at that time.

Data supplied to my Department by the Teaching Council indicate that there are approximately 3323 Post-primary teachers registered on the basis of qualifications in French. It should be noted that this number would include teachers who are not currently teaching the subject, such as those who are retired, on career breaks, travelling, unemployed, deployed to teach other subjects and so on.

Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who are qualified to teach Chinese; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13446/15]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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The Teaching Council, the body with statutory authority to register teachers, registers post-primary teachers for curricular subjects leading to State Examinations. As Chinese is currently not on the list of state examination subjects the Council does not hold such data.

Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school teachers who are qualified to masters level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13447/15]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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Since 2006, the Teaching Council is the body with statutory authority to recognise teaching qualifications and register teachers.

Data supplied to my Department by the Teaching Council indicate that there are approximately 2710 primary teachers registered with a Masters qualification on the Teaching Council Register.

It should be noted that this number reflects records where the teacher registered the qualification at initial registration or subsequently updated their information to include the qualification. Many teachers may hold this qualification but have not included it as part of their submission to the Teaching Council.

Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondary school teachers who are qualified to masters level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13448/15]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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Since 2006, the Teaching Council is the body with statutory authority to recognise teaching qualifications and register teachers.

Data supplied to my Department by the Teaching Council indicate that there are approximately 5991 post-primary teachers registered with a Masters qualification on the Teaching Council Register. It should be noted that this number reflects records where the teacher registered the qualification at initial registration or subsequently updated their information to include the qualification. Many teachers may hold this qualification but have not included it as part of their submission to the Teaching Council.