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asked the Minister for Education if it is proposed to allocate additional remedial teaching staff or other resources or grants to the Drumcondra national school, Church Avenue, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, in view of their particularly disadvantaged position.
126.
asked the Minister for Education if it is proposed to allocate additional remedial teaching staff or other resources or grants to the Central Model infants' school, Marlborough Street, Dublin 1, in view of their particularly disadvantaged position.
127.
asked the Minister for Education if it is proposed to allocate additional remedial teaching staff or other resources or grants to the central model girls' school, Marlborough Street, Dublin 1, in view of their particularly disadvantaged position.
128.
asked the Minister for Education if it is proposed to allocate additional remedial teaching staff or other resources or grants to the Pro-Cathedral infant boys' school, Lower Rutland Street, Dublin 1, in view of their particularly disadvantaged position.
129.
asked the Minister for Education if it is proposed to allocate additional remedial teaching staff or other resources or grants to the Pro-Cathedral boys' school, Lower Rutland Street, Dublin 1, in view of their particularly disadvantaged position.
130.
asked the Minister for Education if it is proposed to allocate additional remedial teaching staff or other resources or grants to the central model boys' school, Marlborough Street. Dublin 1, in view of their particularly disadvantaged position.
131.
asked the Minister for Education if it is proposed to allocate additional remedial teaching staff or other resources or grants to St. Peter's infants' school, Phibsboro, Dublin 7, in view of their particularly disadvantaged position.
132.
asked the Minister for Education if it is proposed to allocate additional remedial teaching staff or other resources or grants to St. Peter's girls' school, Phibsboro, Dublin 7, in view of their particularly disadvantaged position.
133.
asked the Minister for Education if it is proposed to allocate additional remedial teaching staff or other resources or grants to St. Peter's boys' school, Phibsboro, Dublin 7, in view of their particularly disadvantaged position.
134.
asked the Minister for Education if it is proposed to allocate additional remedial teaching staff or other resources or grants to St. Michan's boys' school, North Anne Street, Dublin 7, in view of their particularly disadvantaged position.
135.
asked the Minister for Education if it is proposed to allocate additional remedial teaching staff or other resources or grants to St. Laurence O'Toole's junior boys' school, Seville Place, Dublin 1, in view of their particularly disadvantaged position.
136.
asked the Minister for Education if it is proposed to allocate additional remedial teaching staff or other resources or grants to St. Laurence O'Toole's infant girls' school, Seville Place, Dublin 1, in view of their particularly disadvantaged position.
137.
asked the Minister for Education if it is proposed to allocate additional remedial teaching staff or other resources or grants to St. John Bosco national school, Navan Road, Dublin 7, in view of their particularly disadvantaged position.
138.
asked the Minister for Education if it is proposed to allocate additional remedial teaching staff or other resources or grants to St. Joseph's boys' school, St. Marys Road, East Wall, Dublin 3, in view of their particularly disadvantaged position.
139.
asked the Minister for Education if it is proposed to allocate additional remedial teaching staff or other resources or grants to St. Joseph's CBS, Cabra West, Dublin 7, in view of their particularly disadvantaged position.
140.
asked the Minister for Education if it is proposed to allocate additional remedial teaching staff or other resources or grants to St. Laurence O'Toole's girls' school, Seville Place, Dublin 1, in view of their particularly disadvantaged position.
I propose to taker Questions Nos. 125 to 140 (inclusive) together.
The position in regard to remedial teaching is that my Department has received applications from St. John Bosco national school, Navan Road and central model girls' national school, Marlborough Street.
The applications for remedial teachers for national schools are being processed at present in my Department.
Remedial teaching posts are allocated in accordance with a priority of educational need rather than social disadvantage and the applications referred to above will be considered in the light of the availability of remedial posts for 1986-87. I will contact the chairpersons of the board of management when a decision is made.
None of the other 14 schools mentioned by the Deputy has a current application for a remedial teacher or an additional remedial teacher; some of them already have a remedial post.
With regard to the question of the association of other resources to the schools in question the position is that through participation in a programme of special educational measures for primary schools in disadvantaged urban areas, additional resources have been made available to the following schools:
(i) Pro-Cathedral Infant Boys' N.S., Lower Rutland Street,
(ii) Pro-Cathedral Boys' N.S., Lower Rutland Street,
(iii) St. Laurence O'Toole Junior Boys' N.S. Seville Place,
(iv) St. Laurence O'Toole Infant Girls' N.S., Seville Place,
(v) St. Laurence O'Toole Girls' N.S., Seville Place,
(vi) St. Joseph's N.S., St. Mary's Road, East Wall.
The measures from which the schools benefit include special grants for books and equipment, the sponsorship of home/school/community liaison initiatives and an inservice training programme for the teachers concerned.
Having regard to the total finance available, £750,000 in 1986, it has been necessary to limit the number of participating schools as the promotion of the scheme on a broader basis would seriously limit the quality of the intervention.
