Written answers

Thursday, 14 July 2022

Department of Defence

Departmental Expenditure

Photo of Donnchadh Ó LaoghaireDonnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of the restoration of leadership posts at primary school level to pre-2008 levels. [38881/22]

Photo of Donnchadh Ó LaoghaireDonnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing for an additional 300 assistant principal 1 and an additional 1,500 assistant principal 2 posts at primary school level. [38882/22]

Photo of Donnchadh Ó LaoghaireDonnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of restoration of leadership posts at post-primary school level to pre-2008 levels. [38883/22]

Photo of Donnchadh Ó LaoghaireDonnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing for an additional 100 assistant principal 1 and an additional 100 assistant principal 2 posts at post-primary school level. [38884/22]

Photo of Norma FoleyNorma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 473 to 476, inclusive, together.

I recognise the key role school leadership has in promoting a school environment which is welcoming, inclusive and accountable.

Budget 2017 allowed for the commencement of restoration of middle management posts as part of an agreed distributed leadership model and meant lifting the rigidity of the longstanding moratorium on these posts. The equivalent of approximately 1,300 middle management posts (Assistant Principal I and Assistant Principal II) were restored at both Primary and Post-Primary level (2,600 in total).

The Department has committed to annually revising the allocation of Posts of Responsibility to take into account retirements during the school year which has ensured that the current level of Posts of Responsibility (PORs) are maintained in the school system. New POR threshold tables are produced each year to distribute these POR’s equitably across all school.

Currently one in three teachers hold a promotional post within our schools.

The Sectoral Bargaining process under Building Momentum for the primary sector has been used to increase posts of responsibility (POR) in primary and special schools by 1,450 posts. The distribution of these additional posts of responsibility are comprehended in Circular 0043/2022 - Allocation of Assistant Principal Posts 2022/2023 which issued last month.

Since the commencement of the restoration of these posts at Post-Primary, there has also been an increased allocation in respect to Deputy Principal posts with over 450 additional posts allocated to schools. In the 2021/22 school year, the enrolment threshold for the allocation of an additional deputy principal in DEIS post-primary schools was reduced from 700 to 600 pupils. These additional posts provide resources to focus on leadership and management in our schools.

This recognises the key role school leadership has in promoting a school environment which is welcoming, inclusive and accountable.

The current annual rates for Assistant Principal I and Assistant Principal II posts are €9,058 and €4,007 respectively.

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