Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 March 2012
168 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact that it is a condition of the Education Act that career guidance be provided in our schools, if he will detail the minimum requirement or the requirement in general to be provided under the Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12345/12]
View answerMy Department has just recently published Circular 0009/2012 to inform all post primary school management and staff of the staffing arrangements for post-primary schools for the 2012/13 school year, including in particular, the requirements to manage guidance from within the standard allocation. The circular is available on the Department website. Schools will have autonomy on how best to prioritise its available resources to meet its requirements in relation to guidance and the provision of an appropriate range of subjects to its students. Decisions on how this is done will be taken at school level and I am confident that schools will act in the best interest of students when determining precisely how to use the teaching resources available to them.
