Batt O'Keeffe
Ceist:185 Mr. B. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Education if Scoil Mhuire, Ballincollig, County Cork, will be allowed to retain the 21st assistant on their books for the school year 1994-1995. [4598/95]
Written Answers. - Ballincollig (Cork) School.
Scoil Mhuire, Ballincollig, County Cork will be allowed to retain its 21st assistant for the school year 1994-95. However, the 21st assistant's post will be suppressed at the end of the current school year. This is because the staffing of national schools for a particular year is determined by the enrolment of the school on 30 September of the previous year. This is in accordance with an agreement on staffing which has been entered into between the Government and the INTO.
The enrolment of Scoil Mhuire, Ballincollig, on 30 September 1994 was 645 pupils. This enrolment warrants a staffing of a principal and 20 assistants for the 1995-96 school year.
The teacher in question has been given the option of having her name placed on the diocesan panel for redeployment.Redeployment will not, however, take place before the end of the current school year.
The school has the services of a remedial teacher on a full time basis, and a shared remedial teacher.