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Thursday, 1 October 2020

Department of Education and Skills

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Photo of Richard Boyd BarrettRichard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reducing the pupil-teacher ratio from 1:27 to 1:15. [27811/20]

Photo of Norma FoleyNorma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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The annual staffing schedule determines the allocation of teachers to primary schools.  For the current school year, it operates on a general average of 26 pupils to every 1 teacher (26:1) which is historically the lowest ever allocation ratio at primary level.  Each one point adjustment to the primary staffing schedule would cost approximately €14.5m annually.

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