School Staffing

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 22 October 2014

Wednesday, 22 October 2014

Questions (172)

Brendan Griffin

Question:

172. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will include severe geographic isolation and impossibility of amalgamation with another school because of distance as grounds for appealing a mainstream teacher allocation for two, three and four-teacher schools; the reason island schools may avail of favourable thresholds but schools that may be more isolated in terms of travel time on the mainland have no exceptions made for them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40590/14]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills

The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the previous 30th September. The staffing process also includes an appeals mechanism for schools to submit an appeal under certain criteria to an independent Appeals Board.

Circular 0007/2014, which is available on the Department website, sets out the staffing and appeals process for the 2014/15 school year.