Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools which have three or more special classrooms for children with special educational needs and-or low incidence disabilities and which are without an administrative principal; the names and addresses of the schools, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8207/18]

Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools which have three or more special classrooms for children with special educational needs and-or low incidence disabilities and which have administrative principal status; the names and addresses of the schools, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8208/18]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 181 and 182 together.

The criteria used for the allocation of teachers to primary schools is published annually on the website of the Department of Education and Skills. 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 schedule operates in a clear and transparent manner and treats all similar types of schools equally irrespective of location.

Staffing arrangements for the 2018/19 school year are set out in circular 0010/2018 which is available on my Department's website.

Ordinary, Gaelscoileanna and Gaeltacht schools require an enrolment of 176 pupils (113 pupils if operating a specialist autism unit) for administrative principal status with lower enrolment thresholds for DEIS schools.