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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 12 Nov 1996

Vol. 471 No. 4

Written Answers - Colleges of Education Entrants.

Mary Coughlan

Question:

188 Miss Coughlan asked the Minister for Education if she will give a gender breakdown of entrants to the College of Education in each of the years from 1991 to 1996. [20998/96]

The information requested by the the Deputy, in so far as entrants to pre-service primary teacher training courses are concerned, is as follows:

Year

Female

Male

1991

234

36

1992

273

38

1993

358

71

1994

407

49

1995

558*

84*

1996

435

60

* Including an intake of 18 males and 162 females on the postgraduate teacher training course which ran from January 1995 to June 1996.

Mary Coughlan

Question:

189 Miss Coughlan asked the Minister for Education if she will give a gender breakdown of the inspectorate by grade, such as chief inspector, deputy chief inspector, assistant chief inspector, divisional inspector, senior inspector, post-primary senior psychologist, district inspector, primary inspector and post-primary inspector psychologist. [20999/96]

The information requested by the Deputy is as follows:

Grade

Male

Female

Total

Chief Inspector

1

1

Primary

Deputy Chief Inspector

1

1

Asst. Chief Inspector

4

4

Divisional Inspector

15

2

17

District Inspector

37

7

44

Post-Primary

Deputy Chief Inspector

1

1

Asst. Chief Inspector

4

4

Senior Inspector

16

2

18

Post-Primary Inspector

28

9

37

Psychologists

Senior Psychologist

3

1

4

Psychologist

15

*18.5

33.5

* Includes 1 Job-sharer.
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