Frank O'Rourke (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional moneys will be made available for restoration of posts of responsibility within schools by September 2018 in view of the fact the amount allocated in budget 2017 does not allow for the restoration of posts to pre-moratorium levels (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47424/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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Budget 2017 provided for a new package of support for school leadership, including middle management posts for primary and post primary schools. 

My department recently issued circular 0063/2017 Leadership and Management in Primary schools which sets out a framework for posts in recognised primary schools.

The commencement of restoration of middle management posts as part of an agreed distributed leadership model means that the rigidity of the longstanding moratorium on these posts has been lifted and schools can now fill middle management posts in line with circular 0063/2017.  The lifting of the moratorium is an initial phase in the restoration of middle management posts and any future improvements to the number of posts allocated will be dependent on budgetary demands.