Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 22 January 2025
651. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education to provide a breakdown of the number of primary school teachers employed in Kerry in each of the years 2019 to date, in tabular form; the number of vacancies in Kerry in each of the years 2019 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1891/25]
View answer652. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education to provide a breakdown of the number of secondary school teachers employed in Kerry in each of the years 2019 to date, in tabular form; the number of vacancies in Kerry in each of the years 2019 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1892/25]
View answerSee attached number of primary and post primary teaching posts in Kerry over the time period requested.
The recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill teaching posts is a matter for individual school authorities, subject to procedures agreed under Section 24 of the Education Act 1998 (as amended by the Education (Amendment) Act 2012). In that regard there are more than 3,700 individual employers (boards of management of primary schools and post primary schools, as well as ETBs). Once the Department allocates hours to a school it is the responsibility of the school and the board of management to utilise the allocation.
The Department does not collect data on recruitment by individual employers, therefore we do not have figures on vacant posts.
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Total allocation of posts to mainstream Primary schools in Co. Kerry |
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School Year 2019/20 |
School Year 2020/21 |
School Year 2021/22 |
School Year 2022/23 |
School Year 2023/24 |
School Year 2024/25 |
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1067 |
1089 |
1101 |
1140 |
1201 |
1207 |
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Total allocation of Post Primary Teaching posts in Co. Kerry |
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School Year 2019/20 |
School Year 2020/21 |
School Year 2021/22 |
School Year 2022/23 |
School Year 2023/24 |
School Year 2024/25 |
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1028.9 |
959.63 |
956.72 |
982.67 |
1020.67 |
1035 |
