Léim ar aghaidh chuig an bpríomhábhar
Gnáthamharc

Disadvantaged Status

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 19 October 2021

Tuesday, 19 October 2021

Ceisteanna (584)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

Ceist:

584. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education if the €18 million allocated to DEIS under budget 2022 includes funding to reduce the staffing schedule for DEIS urban band 1 schools by one point. [51058/21]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Freagraí scríofa

As part of continuing measures to sustain and strengthen primary schools and in accordance with a commitment in the Programme for Government to make further progress in reducing pupil teacher ratios, the staffing schedule in all primary schools will be improved by one point from September 2022. The effect of this change will be to allow primary schools operating the standard staffing schedule to reduce the general average from 25:1 to 24:1, a historically low level. This follows a similar one point reduction in Budget 2021.

The staffing schedules in place for DEIS schools will also benefit from the one point reduction. DEIS Urban Band 1 staffing schedule will move to 18:1 for Junior Schools, 20:1 for Vertical schools and 22:1 for Senior Schools. All DEIS Urban Band 2 schools and DEIS rural schools will move to a PTR of 24:1.

This benefit in the staffing schedule for DEIS schools is in addition to the Budget 2022 allocation of €18million for 2022 and €32million for 2023, to extend the DEIS programme to further schools with the highest levels of disadvantage.

Barr
Roinn