Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how many students must be in a secondary school in order for the school to qualify for a second secretary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42384/24]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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I refer to your recent correspondence seeking information on the number of students required in a secondary school in order to qualify for a second secretary.

The position is that work is currently underway on developing and publishing an allocation model for school secretaries. This is a complex task and requires factoring in a number of elements - such as school status, class type, enrolment numbers, and existing secretary arrangements - to ensure that the final model is fair to all schools whilst also meeting their practical needs.

Up to the publication of the allocation model, requests for increases in the secretary allocation are being considered on a case-by-case basis. Schools seeking an increase should email

All requests that have been received and dealt with in this interim period will be reviewed again when the allocation model is published.