Vol. 495 No. 4
441 Mr. McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools in County Westmeath which had and which had not the services of a remedial teacher at September for each of the years from 1993-98; and when a remedial teacher service will be available to all necessitous pupils in County Westmeath. [20502/98]
Following is the detailed information requested by the Deputy in relation to schools in County Westmeath. My capacity to allocate additional remedial teacher posts in any given year is dependent on resource availability and the level of competing demand from other special needs areas. I recently allocated 60 remedial teacher posts to national schools with effect from September 1998. There are now 1,302 remedial teacher posts in place in national schools, following the recent appointments.
I will continue to review needs in this area. In the event of additional remedial teacher posts becoming available for allocation, I can assure the Deputy that the needs of the schools in County Westmeath will be fully considered.
County Westmeath
|
Year. |
Number of schools with remedial service. |
Number of schools without a remedial service. |
Percentage of schools with a remedial service. |
|
1993-94 |
32 |
43 |
43 per cent |
|
1994-95 |
44 |
31 |
59 per cent |
|
1995-96 |
49 |
27 |
64 per cent |
|
1996-97 |
49 |
27 |
64 per cent |
|
1997-98 |
58 |
18 |
76 per cent |
|
1998-99 |
61 |
13 |
82 per cent |
