Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that will be taken to ensure that all children in attendance at a school (details supplied) will have access to the required number of PE days. [56277/22]

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. The criteria for the allocation of posts are communicated to school managements annually and are available on the Department website. In accordance with these rules, each school management authority is required to organise its subject options within the limit of its approved teacher allocation.

The recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill teaching posts is a matter for the individual school authority, subject to procedures agreed under Section 24(3) of the Education Act 1998 (as amended by the Education (Amendment) Act 2012). The deployment of teaching staff in the school, the range of subjects offered and ultimately the quality of teaching and learning are in the first instance, a matter for the school management authorities.

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