Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 October 2013
256. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline in tabular form the number of learning support teachers in our schools this year and every year since 1997. [40758/13]
View answerThere is detailed historical information contained in the Statistics Section of my Department's website relating to the number of teaching posts in schools. The most recent published information relates to the 2012/2013 school year. There are circa 4,100 learning/language support posts in place in primary schools and circa 730 posts in post primary schools in the current school year. The arrangements for how schools access GAM/EAL (learning/language support) hours are set out in the published staffing arrangements available on the Department website.
