Pupil-Teacher Ratio.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 March 2005

Tuesday, 8 March 2005

Questions (380, 381, 382, 383, 384, 385, 386)

Paul Nicholas Gogarty

Question:

426 Mr. Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Science the pupil-teacher ratio per class per year in each of the schools in Lucan. [7974/05]

Paul Nicholas Gogarty

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427 Mr. Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Science the pupil-teacher ratio per class per year in each of the schools in Palmerstown. [7975/05]

Paul Nicholas Gogarty

Question:

428 Mr. Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Science the pupil-teacher ratio per class per year in each of the schools in Clondalkin. [7976/05]

Paul Nicholas Gogarty

Question:

429 Mr. Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Science the pupil-teacher ratio per class per year in each of the schools in Saggart. [7977/05]

Paul Nicholas Gogarty

Question:

430 Mr. Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Science the pupil-teacher ratio per class per year in each of the schools in Newcastle. [7978/05]

Paul Nicholas Gogarty

Question:

431 Mr. Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Science the pupil-teacher ratio per class per year in each of the schools in Rathcoole. [7979/05]

Paul Nicholas Gogarty

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432 Mr. Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Science the pupil-teacher ratio per class per year in each of the schools in Brittas. [7980/05]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Science (Ms Hanafin)

I propose to take Questions Nos. 426 to 432, inclusive, together.

The national level pupil-teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the number of pupils by the number of teachers. Data on teachers include special education teachers and resource teachers in addition to classroom teachers.

Teachers other than classroom teachers are generally shared among a number of classes and, in some cases, between a number of schools. Therefore, the pupil-teacher ratio is applied at school level not classroom level.

The questions refer to a range of geographical areas. However, the school addresses that are stored on the primary database may not always correspond to the names of the locations of interest to the Deputy. Therefore, to ensure clarity, I ask the Deputy to please provide details of the school name and roll number of the schools to which he refers.