Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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667. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will make a decision on an additional teacher for a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6378/16]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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The criteria used for the allocation of teachers to schools is published annually on the Department's website. The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the previous 30 September.

The staffing process includes an appeals mechanism for schools to submit an appeal under certain criteria to an independent Appeals Board. Circular 0007/2016, available on the Department website, provides details for schools wishing to make an appeal.

The next meeting of the Primary Staffing Appeals Board will be held in May. Schools wishing to submit an appeal for an additional teacher for the 2016/17 school year must complete Appendix F of Circular 0007/2016 and submit to the Department by Wednesday 11th May.