Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional teaching posts which will be in schools from September 2025, relative to the 2019/2020 school year. [42397/24]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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Currently there are over 43,000 teaching posts allocated across the primary school system. This represents an increase of over 5,250 teachers when compared with the 2019/20 school year.

Budget 2025 provides for an unprecedented €11.8 billion investment in education and schools, including the provision of an additional 768 Special Education teachers.

The future allocation of teaching posts will need to take several factors into account, including demographic changes. My Department’s latest reports "Statistical Bulletin 2023/24", "Education Indicators for Ireland 2023" and "Regional Projections of full-time enrolments Primary and Second Level 2021-2036" are available on the statistics section of the Department's website.