Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein)
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454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an additional guidance counsellor was promised to a school (details supplied); and if so, the reason the placement has not been filled. [9943/21]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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Teacher allocations to all second level schools are approved annually by my Department in accordance with established rules based on recognised pupil enrolment and are available on the Department's website.

The school referred to is an Education and Training Board (ETB) school. The Department provides a staffing allocation, including an allocation for guidance provision, to each ETB Scheme. The distribution of the staffing allocation between its schools is a matter for the Chief Executive of the ETB.