Written answers
Thursday, 20 September 2018
Department of Education and Skills
Teacher Data
Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teaching principals who have retired or left their post as a teaching principal prior to retirement age by county since 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38181/18]
Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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Information on the retirement of primary teachers in each of the years 2015-2017 is outlined in Table 1. The information sets out the total number of teachers and from those teachers, the number of principal teachers who retired each year.
Table 2 shows the number of teachers and principals who retired on a per county basis.
Information distinguishing teaching principals from other category of principal teachers is not recorded on my Department databases.
Table 1- Primary School Teacher Retirements 2015-2017
Year | Overall number of Teacher Retirements | Number of Principal Teacher Retirements |
---|---|---|
2015 | 654 | 188 |
2016 | 538 | 157 |
2017 | 609 | 181 |
Table 2- Primary School Teacher Retirements per county 2015-2017
- | 2017 | 2017 | 2016 | 2016 | 2015 | 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
County | Overall Retirees | Principals | Overall Retirees | Principals | Overall Retirees | Principals |
Carlow | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
Cavan | 7 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 5 |
Clare | 17 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 0 |
Cork | 73 | 20 | 63 | 12 | 75 | 19 |
Donegal | 19 | 4 | 21 | 8 | 29 | 8 |
Dublin | 140 | 34 | 140 | 28 | 172 | 52 |
Galway | 34 | 16 | 26 | 12 | 28 | 9 |
Kerry | 32 | 9 | 24 | 12 | 17 | 4 |
Kildare | 20 | 7 | 25 | 9 | 30 | 4 |
Kilkenny | 16 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 6 |
Laois | 6 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
Leitrim | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Limerick | 26 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 30 | 8 |
Longford | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
Louth | 21 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 18 | 1 |
Mayo | 16 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 29 | 12 |
Meath | 30 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 29 | 7 |
Monaghan | 7 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 8 |
Offaly | 9 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 5 |
Roscommon | 9 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 5 |
Sligo | 9 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 6 |
Tipperary | 23 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 6 |
Waterford | 20 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 7 |
Westmeath | 7 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 1 |
Wexford | 29 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 23 | 6 |
Wicklow | 23 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 19 | 6 |
Total | 609 | 181 | 538 | 157 | 654 | 188 |
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