School Inspection Reports

Tuesday, 10 December 2013

Ceisteanna (206)

Patrick O'Donovan

Ceist:

206. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form by county, the number of inspections carried out by the Chief Inspector in 2012; the number of inspections that were carried out as a result of a request from the building and planning units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53009/13]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Education and Skills

The inspectorate conducted a total of 2,146 inspection or advisory visits to primary and post-primary schools in 2012 (probationary teacher inspections not included). Details of the breakdown of these visits, by county, are provided in the table below.

Details of inspections conducted at the request of the planning and building unit in the period are not readily to hand but will be compiled and provided to the Deputy as soon as possible. It should be noted that when inspectors identify serious shortcomings in relation to school facilities in the course of their general inspection work these matters are raised with the school authorities and brought to the attention of the planning and building unit.

Table 1: Primary Inspection and Support Visits 2012

Primary School Inspection and Support visits – tabulated by County

2012	WSE and WSE-MLL	Incidental Inspection	ASD Evaluations	Follow-through Inspection	HSU Inspection	Other	SSE Support Visits	Grand Total
Carlow	5	2	1	-	-	-	2	10
Cavan	9	9	-	4	-	-	10	32
Clare	10	14	-	5	-	-	28	57
Cork	20	28	1	15	1	-	29	94
Donegal	18	14	-	2	-	1	17	52
Dublin	27	46	4	15	4	-	40	136
Galway	20	19	1	3	-	-	37	80
Kerry	12	10	-	6	-	-	12	40
Kildare	8	10	1	2	-	-	22	43
Kilkenny	11	6	2	3	1	-	9	32
Laois	6	6	-	2	-	-	1	15
Leitrim	5	6	-	-	-	-	7	18
Limerick	9	15	-	3	1	-	11	39
Longford	3	7	-	-	-	-		10
Louth	2	6	1	2	-	-	2	13
Mayo	15	20		5	-	-	13	53
Meath	7	25	1	5	-	-	25	63
Monaghan	9	11		1	1	-	9	31
Offaly	7	7	-	4	-	-	10	28
Roscommon	10	13	-	6	-	-	4	33
Sligo	5	6	-	2	-	-	6	19
Tipperary	12	3	-	-	2	-	32	49
Waterford	7	14	-	3	-	-	15	39
Westmeath	11	13	1	5	-	-	18	48
Wexford	4	9	-	4	-	-	7	24
Wicklow	10	7	-	3	-	-	2	22
Grand Total	262	326	13	100	10	1	368	1080

Table 2: Post-primary Inspection and Support Visits 2012

Post-primary School Inspection and Support visits – tabulated by County

2012	WSE and WSE-MLL	Subject Inspection	Incidental Inspection	Follow-through Inspection	Other Inspection	SSE Support Visit	Youthreach Centres	Grand Total
Carlow	3	5	7	-	-	4	-	19
Cavan	2	3	5	1	-	1	1	13
Clare	1	8	10	3	-	5	1	28
Cork	11	47	53	15	-	21	2	149
Donegal	4	12	12	-	-	-	-	28
Dublin	22	95	93	18	-	44	2	274
Galway	4	16	17	5	-	10	-	52
Kerry	1	13	11	4	-	11	-	40
Kildare	6	9	16	2	-	9	-	42
Kilkenny	-	14	10	1	-	4	-	29
Laois	1	2	8	-	-	4	-	15
Leitrim	2	4	1	1	-	-	-	8
Limerick	2	23	11	1	-	6	-	43
Longford	1	6	2	2	-	3	-	14
Louth	1	9	10	2	-	2	-	24
Mayo	5	12	7	3	-	5	-	32
Meath	1	9	6	2	-	3	1	22
Monaghan	1	6	5	-	-	2	-	14
Offaly	1	8	3	2	-	3	-	17
Roscommon	1	3	4	-	-	1	1	10
Sligo	1	8	2	-	-	1	-	12
Tipperary	3	20	10	1	2	4	-	40
Waterford	3	21	7	4	-	3	1	39
Westmeath	3	7	8	3	-	2	-	23
Wexford	1	17	12	4	-	6	-	40
Wicklow	3	12	13	5	-	6	-	39
Grand Total	84	389	343	79	2	160	9	1066