Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 19 April 2012
58 Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review his decision to cut three DEIS teaching posts from a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 from September 2012 onward and which are being imposed on the school post the review into the loss of 235 pre-DEIS legacy posts that were announced in Budget 2012. [19519/12]
View answerAs a result of Budget 2012, the school to which the Deputy refers, is one of 15 non DEIS schools losing teaching posts retained under previous disadvantage programmes prior to the introduction of the DEIS Initiative in 2005. Under the Appeals process, where a school is losing 3 or more posts as a result of the combination of budget and reform measures, provision was made for schools to apply to have a portion of the loss in posts deferred to the 2013/14 school year on the basis that it is impacting in a particularly adverse manner on the school's overall allocation. The school to which the Deputy refers has submitted an appeal. The Staffing Appeal Board which operates independent of my Department will notify schools directly of its decisions.
The final staffing position for all schools at primary level will ultimately not be known until the Autumn of this year. At that stage the allocation process will be fully completed and any appeals to the Staffing Appeal Boards will have been considered.
