Mark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools in the State; the number of physical education teachers employed in each school, by school, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47722/22]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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There were 3,104 mainstream primary schools in the 2021/2022 academic year. In total, 40,351 full-time equivalent posts were allocated to these schools in the same year. Teachers at primary level provide the primary curriculum which is comprised of a number of subjects, only one of which is physical education. It is therefore not possible to count the number of physical education teachers by primary school.

Mark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of post-primary schools in the State; the number of physical education teachers employed in each school, by school, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47723/22]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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There were 728 post-primary schools in the 2021/2022 academic year. The number of physical education teachers by school for the same academic year is attached. The source of the information is the Deployment of Teaching Resources (DTR) 2021/2022 file, which is timetable data collected annually by the Inspectorate. 36 schools did not submit DTR returns in 2021/2022 and are therefore missing from the attached table. All persons teaching at least one physical education class on the timetable are counted as physical education teachers.

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