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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 February 2022

Tuesday, 1 February 2022

Questions (142)

Alan Farrell

Question:

142. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the recruitment of teachers and special needs assistants in line with Budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4611/22]

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As a result of Budget 2022, 1,330 additional teaching posts will be funded in the 2022/23 school year, to cater for a reduction in pupil teacher ratio at primary level and additional teachers in special education.

Staffing arrangements for the 2022/23 school year will be published in the coming weeks and it is at this stage, schools will be able to establish their staffing for September and begin the recruitment process for 2022/23 school year.

Budget 2022 announced details of €9.2 billion in funding for education and includes funding for an additional 1,165 SNAs (in 2022) to provide support to children with special educational needs, which will bring the total number of SNAs to 19,169 at the end of December 2022. This represents an increase of 81% in the number of SNAs provided since 2011 at which point 10,575 SNAs were available.

The NCSE has published statistical information regarding SNA allocations for all schools which can be accessed on the NCSE website at www.ncse.ie.

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