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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 12 Feb 1991

Vol. 404 No. 9

Written Answers. - Permanent Teaching Posts.

Tomás MacGiolla

Question:

218 Tomás Mac Giolla asked the Minister for Education the number of permanent teaching posts, in each category of school, in the month of September for each of the years between 1985 and 1990.

Statistics held by my Department refer to the number of full-time teachers employed in relation to a particular school year. The following is the information in respect of the years referred to by the Deputy:

School Year

Number of Teachers

Primary

Secondary

Vocational

Community-Comprehensive

1985-86

21,144

12,030

4,994

2,254

1986-87

21,205

12,112

5,052

2,310

1987-88

21,217

11,958

5,019

2,337

1988-89

20,362

16,698

4,867

2,337

1989-90

20,265

16,630

4,800*

2,293

1990-91

20,480*

11,550

n.a.

2,458

* Provisional.
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