Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 29 September 2022
187. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education the number of post-primary schools in the State; the number of physical education teachers employed in each school, by school, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47723/22]
View answerThere were 728 post-primary schools in the 2021/2022 academic year. The number of physical education teachers by school for the same academic year is attached. The source of the information is the Deployment of Teaching Resources (DTR) 2021/2022 file, which is timetable data collected annually by the Inspectorate. 36 schools did not submit DTR returns in 2021/2022 and are therefore missing from the attached table. All persons teaching at least one physical education class on the timetable are counted as physical education teachers.
