Carol Nolan (Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of the staff included in the calculation of the pupil-teacher ratio including resource teachers, learning support teachers and any other staff including classroom teaching staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10967/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The pupil-teacher ratio (PTR) is calculated at each level by dividing the total number of pupils by the total number of allocated posts (classroom teachers and support teachers). This calculation differs from other such calculations (for example the staffing schedule at primary level which is the basis for allocating classroom teachers to each school based on their enrolments).

The Statistics Section of my Department's website contains extensive data relating to schools, including information on pupil teacher ratio at both primary and secondary level.

Carol Nolan (Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated pupil-teacher ratio for DEIS schools, primary schools and post-primary schools if only mainstream classroom teachers were used in the calculation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10968/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The information sought by the Deputy is not being compiled by my Department and there are no immediate plans to compile information in the format requested.

However there is a range of key statistics available on my website at www.education.ie/en/Publications/Statistics/Data-on-Individual-Schools/ which provides detailed information on class size on individual schools at primary level. Class size information is not collected for post primary schools.