Teacher Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 20 September 2018

Thursday, 20 September 2018

Questions (85)

Mary Butler

Question:

85. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teaching principals who have retired or left their post as a teaching principal prior to retirement age by county since 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38181/18]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills

Information on the retirement of primary teachers in each of the years 2015-2017 is outlined in Table 1. The information sets out the total number of teachers and from those teachers, the number of principal teachers who retired each year.

Table 2 shows the number of teachers and principals who retired on a per county basis.

Information distinguishing teaching principals from other category of principal teachers is not recorded on my Department databases.

Table 1 - Primary School Teacher Retirements 2015-2017

Year	Overall number of Teacher Retirements	Number of Principal Teacher Retirements
2015	654	188
2016	538	157
2017	609	181

Table 2 - Primary School Teacher Retirements per county 2015-2017

-	2017	2017	2016	2016	2015	2015
County	Overall Retirees	Principals	Overall Retirees	Principals	Overall Retirees	Principals
Carlow	13	5	3	1	12	1
Cavan	7	1	13	4	9	5
Clare	17	3	12	1	14	0
Cork	73	20	63	12	75	19
Donegal	19	4	21	8	29	8
Dublin	140	34	140	28	172	52
Galway	34	16	26	12	28	9
Kerry	32	9	24	12	17	4
Kildare	20	7	25	9	30	4
Kilkenny	16	4	14	2	12	6
Laois	6	3	13	4	10	1
Leitrim	1	0	2	2	1	0
Limerick	26	8	18	10	30	8
Longford	2	2	8	2	6	1
Louth	21	3	18	8	18	1
Mayo	16	7	14	7	29	12
Meath	30	10	19	6	29	7
Monaghan	7	4	8	2	14	8
Offaly	9	1	9	3	13	5
Roscommon	9	3	8	4	9	5
Sligo	9	3	7	3	8	6
Tipperary	23	6	15	5	18	6
Waterford	20	8	11	1	21	7
Westmeath	7	0	10	6	8	1
Wexford	29	9	21	4	23	6
Wicklow	23	11	16	1	19	6
Total	609	181	538	157	654	188