Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a request by a person (details supplied) to become an administrative principal will be examined in order that the appointment can be made in September 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23220/18]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The criteria used for the allocation of teaching posts is published annually on the Department 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 criteria for the appointment of an administrative deputy principal to a school, which are enrolment related, are set out in Appendix B of Circular, 0010/2018. There is no scope to deviate from these arrangements.

The staffing schedule operates in a clear and transparent manner and treats all similar types of schools equally irrespective of location.