Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 14 Feb 1990

Vol. 395 No. 7

Written Answers. - Higher Education Authority Staff.

Theresa Ahearn

Ceist:

112 Mrs. T. Ahearn asked the Minister for Education the number of full-time members of staff in the Higher Education Authority designated colleges in (a) 1988-89 and (b) 1989-90; the grade which each of the full-time staff members held; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

Minister for Education (Mrs. O'Rourke)

The following is the information requested by the Deputy:

	1988-89	1989-90
		(Provisional)
Total number of fulltime staff in HEA designated colleges	4,851	4,874

The full-time academic staff by grade is given in the following table:

	1988-89	1989-90
		(Provisional)
Professor/Principal Lecturer	271	271
Associate Professor	97	99
Statutory/Senior Lecturer	532	585
Lecturer/College Lec- turer	773	780
Assistant/Junior/Other Lecturer	254	252
Total	1,927	1,937

Information in relation to grades of nonacademic staff is not readily available.