Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 March 2015
481. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the staffing levels in national schools (details supplied) in County Donegal will be affected by the recent changes announced by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8945/15]
View answerThe staffing arrangements for primary schools for the 2015/16 school year were published last week. They are set out in Department Circular 0005/2015 which is available on my Department's website at www.education.gov.ie. The circular sets out the improvements to the staffing schedule for the 2015/16 school year for small schools. These improvements are improved retention thresholds for the 2nd, 3rd and 4th classroom teacher and also the improved appointment and retention thresholds for isolated one-teacher schools. An appeals process is also available to small schools. Details of the appeals criteria are set out in the published staffing arrangements.
The final number of schools to benefit from these improvements to the staffing schedule will be known in the Autumn after the teacher allocation process has fully transacted.
