Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of an additional teacher in a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [4826/16]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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The staffing arrangements for primary schools for the 2016/17 school year are set out in Department Circular 0007/2016 which is available on the Department website. An appeals process is available to small schools losing a classroom post in the event that they can show that their projected enrolments are sufficient to allow them to retain their classroom teacher in the longer term. Details of the appeal criteria are set out in the published staffing arrangements.

The school referred to by the Deputy submitted an appeal to the March 2016 meeting of the Primary Staffing Appeals Board. The school has been informed that its appeal has been upheld on the basis that it achieves an enrolment of 55 pupils on 30 September 2016.

The Primary Staffing Appeals Board operates independently of the Department and its decision is final.