Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 July 2023
513. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the cost to provide a permanent release day for administrative purposes every week to every teaching principal; how many would benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37021/23]
View answerAs a result of Budget 2022, all schools with a teaching principal have a minimum of 37 Principal Release Days. i.e. one administrative day per week since September 2022. Schools with one special class have 4 additional release days, a total of 41 in the school year.
Circular 26/2022 which is available on the Department's website - “Release Time for Principals in Primary Schools for the 2022/23 School Year “ outlines the number of Principal Release Days available to schools.
