Seán Kyne (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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802. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a permanent post will be offered to a school (details enclosed) in County Galway, considering the temporary resource hours allocated over the past number of years almost equate, on a yearly average, to a permanent position; her views that discretion should be exercised in this case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28913/15]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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Circular 0005/2015 which is available on the Department website sets out the staffing arrangements for primary schools for the 2015/16 school year and includes the allocation process for schools to meet their NCSE approved resource hour requirements.83% of all NCSE approved resource teaching hours in the 2014/15 school year were allocated to schools that had permanent resource base posts. As set out in Circular 0005/2015, there will be no changes to the location of permanent resource base posts for the 2015/16 school year.

Schools with less than 25 resource hours (a full-time post) can join with neighbouring schools to form a cluster of 25 hours, with a temporary post being based in one of these schools for the 2015/16 school year.

The school referred to by the Deputy has been approved for such a temporary shared post for the coming school year.

Seán Kyne (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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803. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with regard to the distribution of posts in a school (details enclosed) in County Galway which is unique in a number of areas, if a permanent non-teaching principal position will be offered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28914/15]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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With effect from the 2012/2013 school year, the criteria for the appointment of Administrative Principal and Administrative Deputy Principal posts are based on pupil numbers. Enrolment thresholds for the 2015/2016 school year are set out in Appendix B of Circular 0005/2015, which is available on the Department's website.

As the school referred to by the Deputy does not meet the published criteria, it does not qualify for an Administrative Principal post.