asked the Minister for Education the number of national schools in County Kerry in which teaching posts were discontinued at the end of the 1987/1988 school year under the revised staffing arrangements agreed under the Programme for National Recovery; and if she will give a list of same.

The 40 schools in question are listed as follows:

Primary Schools in Co. Kerry where teaching posts have been suppressed as a result of the agreement on staffing levels between the Department and the I.N.T.O.