I propose to take Questions Nos. 389 and 412 together.
All second level schools in the free education scheme have an entitlement to an ex-quota allocation in respect of learning support teaching. The allocation to an individual school for a particular school year is determined by its enrolment at the end of the preceding September. Schools with an enrolment of 600 or more are entitled to a full post and those with an enrolment below 600 are entitled to the equivalent of one half of a post for learning support teaching. Individual schools, which had been allocated an ex-quota learning support post by my Department prior to 1999, retained that entitlement even if the enrolment in the school was below 600.