School Staffing

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 October 2013

Tuesday, 1 October 2013

Questions (251, 252, 253, 254, 255)

Charlie McConalogue

Question:

251. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in the country with five teachers. [40753/13]

Charlie McConalogue

Question:

252. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in the country with four teachers. [40754/13]

Charlie McConalogue

Question:

253. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in the country with three teachers. [40755/13]

Charlie McConalogue

Question:

254. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in the country with two teachers. [40756/13]

Charlie McConalogue

Question:

255. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in the country with one teacher. [40757/13]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills

I propose to take Questions Nos. 251 to 255, inclusive, together.

Data on the number of teachers in each primary school in 2013-2014 is available in the table Class Size Information at Individual Primary School Level on the Department's website at the link: http://www.education.ie/en/Publications/Statistics/Data-on-Individual-Schools/. That table shows 12 schools with 1 mainstream class teacher, 573 schools with 2 mainstream class teachers, 469 schools with 3 mainstream class teachers, 478 schools with 4 mainstream class teachers and 258 schools with 5 mainstream class teachers.