Ivana Bacik (Dublin Bay South, Labour)
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830.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional number of teachers recruited at primary and second level, respectively, in the 2023-24 school year, and the additional number to be recruited in the 2024-25 school year; the projected additional recruitment needed of each in 2025-26 to meet existing levels of service and demographics; to provide a breakdown of the cost for each; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32994/24]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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The Department of Education publishes details of the total number of teachers appointed to primary schools, and to Voluntary Secondary and Community and Comprehensive post primary Schools each year, and this information is available at: www.gov.ie/en/publication/c97fbd-teacher-statistics/

My Department does not have details of projections of future appointments, we only collate actual appointments at the end of each school year.

The 2024 average salary costs (inc. Employer PRSI) for primary and post-primary teachers are outlined in the table below.

Notes:

1. The figures above are based on expenditure in 2023 and the average public sector numbers in Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4 2023

2. The values include substitution costs