Kevin O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal by a school (details supplied). [15104/16]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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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.

The staffing circular includes an appeals mechanism for schools to submit an appeal under certain criteria to an independent Appeals Board.

The school referred to by the Deputy submitted an appeal to the May 2016 meeting of the Primary Staffing Appeals Board. The school has been informed that its appeal does not meet the criteria set out in Circular 0007/2016.

As the school is within 8 km of the nearest school of the same patronage, an enrolment figure of 19 applies for the appointment of the second teacher.

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