Seán Haughey
Question:299 Mr. Haughey asked the Minister for Education if she will grant an additional concessionary teacher to Scoil Íde, Kilmore West, Dublin 5 for the coming academic year 1993/94 as requested by the school.
Written Answers. - Additional Teacher Appointment.
The school referred to by the Deputy is included in the scheme of assistance for schools in designated areas of disadvantage, and has been allocated a concessionary teaching post and receives supplementary capitation funding amounting to £17 per pupil.
It is included in the Home/School Community Liaison scheme and share the services of a local home/school liaison teacher with another school.
The school also has the services of a remedial teacher.
The Programme for Partnership Government attaches particular importance to the need to address educational disadvantage in its variety of forms and the Deputy will be aware of my intention to target extra resources in this area.
I have already announced in the House that I will be allocating an additional 80 ex-quota teaching posts to primary schools in areas of disadvantage.
It is intended that 50 of these posts will be allocated to schools not previously included in the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme. The remaining 30 posts will be devoted to supplementing the supports currently provided to schools already covered by the scheme.
The needs of the school referred to by the Deputy will be considered in this latter context.