Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 17 Dec 1998

Vol. 498 No. 6

Written Answers - Teaching Hours.

Batt O'Keeffe

Question:

170 Mr. B. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Education and Science the total teaching hours, part-time teaching hours and part-time hours as a percentage of the total in relation to academic staff teaching hours in the Dublin Institute of Technology and each of the other institutes of technology for each of the years 1995-96, 1996-97 and 1997-98. [28196/98]

Minister for Education and Science (Mr. Martin)

The information requested by the Deputy, which has been extracted from annual returns submitted by the institute of technology, is as follows:

Institute	Total Teaching Hours	Total Part-time Teaching Hours	Part-time Hours as a Percentage of Total Hours
			%
Athlone	82,834	13,727	16.57
Carlow	94,409	16,744	17.74
Cork	236,403	67,009	28.35
Dundalk	79,332	7,728	9.74
Galway	134,920	23,830	17.66
Letterkenny	55,660	4,535	8.15
Limerick	102,970	21,875	21.24
Sligo	86,417	14,791	17.12
Tallaght	67,097	15,929	23.74
Tralee	76,734	6,422	8.37
Waterford	141,427	37,004	26.16
Dún Laoghaire	21,775	8,520	39.13
DIT	657,573	160,519	24.41

1996-97.

Institute	Total Teaching Hours	Total Part-time Teaching Hours	Part-time Hours as a Percentage of Total Hours
			%
Athlone	93,220	14,820	15.90
Carlow	101,683	11,733	11.54
Cork	249,775	76,443	30.60
Dundalk	82,610	9,100	11.02
Galway	140,364	24,944	17.77
Letterkenny	54,951	7,035	12.80
Limerick	103,065	28,727	27.87
Sligo	91,515	17,086	18.67
Tallaght	71,387	16,217	22.72
Tralee	81,834	8,910	10.89
Waterford	156,673	38,075	24.30
Dún Laoghaire	22,705	8,260	36.68
DIT	585,000	181,718	31.06

1997-98.

Institute	Total Teaching Hours	Total Part-time Teaching Hours	Part-time Hours as a Percentage of Total Hours
			%
Athlone	96,374	21,562	22.37
Carlow	95,907	8,197	8.55
Cork	263,630	82,842	31.42
Dundalk	87,050	10,953	12.58
Galway	153,537	33,622	21.90
Letterkenny	57,978	4,288	7.40
Limerick	104,615	26,027	24.88
Sligo	96,576	19,926	20.63
Tallaght	77,033	20,944	27.19
Tralee	87,592	12,081	13.79
Waterford	167,650	46,830	27.93
Dún Laoghaire	25,067	10,577	42.19
DIT	576,517	177,380	30.77