Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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678. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has no permanent English as an additional language supports service despite several requests for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20200/20]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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The Special Education Teaching allocation provides a single unified allocation for special educational support teaching needs to each school, based on each school’s educational profile and also encompasses the Language Support (EAL) allocation that schools were allocated in previous years.  

Further temporary Language Support is also provided, as necessary, to schools that have high concentrations of pupils that require language (EAL) support. At primary level, these allocations are made on the basis of appeals by schools to the Primary Staffing Appeals Board.

The Primary Staffing Appeals Board has allocated 1 fixed-term EAL post to the school referred to by the Deputy, on a provisional basis pending confirmation of enrolments.  The Primary Staffing Appeals Board operates independently of the Department and its decision is final.