Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, Independent)
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126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the governance of a school (details supplied) is in accordance with Irish law in view of the fact that the school operates as two separate schools via the one legal entity; and if he is satisfied that the funds received by the school regulated by his Department are not being used for the benefit of the primary school which is part of the same limited company. [38922/18]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The post primary school St. Killian’s Deutsche Schule, Roebuck Road, Clonskeagh Dublin 14 referred to by the Deputy is a Department recognised fee charging school which receives a staffing allocation from my Department in line with all other fee paying schools.

As a post primary fee charging school St. Killian Deutsche Schule receives no capitation funding from my Department and operates on a pupil teacher ratio of 23:1 as opposed to 19:1 for all schools in the free education scheme.

Teacher allocations for schools are approved annually by my Department in accordance with established rules based on recognised pupil enrolment.

The recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill teaching posts is a matter for the individual school authority, subject to procedures agreed under Section 24(3) of the Education Act 1998 (as amended by the Education (Amendment) Act 2012).

The primary school referred to by the Deputy is a private fee charging primary school. Private fee charging primary schools are not recognised schools under the Education Act and my Department has no responsibility regarding the funding of such schools.