School Staffing

Tuesday, 7 February 2012

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Seán Ó Fearghaíl

Question:

181 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills the approved staffing level for each vocational educational committee in 2011 together with the grades of staff for whom approval was in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6751/12]

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Minister for Education and Skills (Deputy Ruairí Quinn)

In regard to executive, administrative and maintenance posts funded from the VECs' pay allocation, each VEC is now set an annual target under the Employment Control Framework (ECF). These targets are not broken down by grade.

The following table outlines the end of year ECF targets for each VEC for 2011 as well as the current SNA and post primary/PLC teaching post allocations for the 2011/12 school year. All figures are expressed as whole time equivalents (WTEs).

VEC WTE Staff Numbers (executive, administrative and maintenance staff, teachers and SNAs)

VEC	Executive, Administrative and Maintenance Staff (ECF target end 2011)	Teachers (2011/12 school year)	SNAs (2011/12 school year)
City of Cork	85	390	11
City of Dublin	357	962	48
City of Limerick	41	199	2
City of Waterford	27	101	12
Dún Laoghaire	46	160	0
City of Galway	41	157	7
Co. Carlow	35	165	7
Co. Cavan	29	224	6
Co Clare	43	181	21
Co. Cork	129	887	97
Co. Donegal	80	394	63
Co. Dublin	166	977	90
Co. Galway	64	237	17
Co. Kerry	60	250	26
Co. Kildare	50	384	23
Co. Kilkenny	42	206	21
Co. Laois	27	139	8
Co. Leitrim	21	93	5
Co. Limerick	49	396	24
Co. Longford	23	88	5
Co. Louth	45	286	21
Co. Mayo	46	203	12
Co. Meath	58	402	36
Co. Monaghan	36	206	13
Co. Offaly	36	159	7
Co. Roscommon	21	82	8
Co. Sligo	30	126	11
Co. Tipperary NR	32	185	19
Co. Tipperary SR	36	187	18
Co. Waterford	21	97	11
Co. Westmeath	42	137	10
Co. Wexford	56	241	30
Co. Wicklow	67	428	29
Total	1,941	9,330	718