Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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976. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the pilot of new model for allocating resource teachers to schools, the cost of adding the additional resource teacher posts; the breakdown of the 6,454 posts between primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21929/15]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that approximately 50 schools are currently being invited to participate in a pilot project for the new model for allocating resource teachers to schools.

Following an invitation to participate in this pilot, schools have been asked indicate their willingness to participate on a voluntary basis by 12th June, 2015.

Therefore, until it is known which schools wish to participate in the pilot project, it will not be known what additional resource teaching posts will be required to be allocated to those schools under the pilot model, and the subsequent cost of any such additional allocation.

Details of the resource teaching allocations which have been made to date to schools by the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) for the 2015/16 school year are available on the NCSE website www.ncse.ie.

This notes that 6,454 posts have allocated to date by the NCSE, representing approximately 3660 posts at primary school level and 2794 posts for post primary schools. Details of the individual allocations made by school and by county are also available on this website.