The school referred to by the Deputy will lose its third assistant's post at the end of the current school year. This is because the staffing of national schools for a particular year is determined by the enrolment of the school on 30 September of the previous year. The total enrolment of the school on 30 September 1994 was 89 pupils, which warrants a staffing in the 1995-96 school year of a principal and two assistants. Accordingly, the third assistant's post will be suppressed at the end of the current school year. The teacher in question has been given the option of having his name placed on the diocesan panel for redeployment, which will not take place before 1 September 1995.
I should also point out to the Deputy that, in addition to the staffing details which I have mentioned above, this school has the services of a full time remedial teacher as well as a concessionary post under the scheme for schools serving areas designated as disadvantaged.