Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal by a school (details supplied). [44068/18]

Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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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 30 September 2017.  However, the staffing arrangements for primary schools includes the provision whereby schools experiencing rapid increases in enrolment can apply for additional permanent mainstream posts on developing grounds, using projected enrolment for the following September, in this case September 2018.

The school referred to by the Deputy applied for a developing post for the 2018/19 school year.  The application was initially refused due to available capacity in the surrounding area.  However, in light of additional information received from the school, the developing post was approved in September.  The school’s enrolment on 30th September 2018 was sufficient to retain the additional class teacher for the current school year.  The school has been notified in this regard.