63 Miss Quill asked the Minister for Education if she will appoint a home-school-community liaison teacher to a school (details supplied) in County Cork in view of the fact that this school meets all the necessary requirements of eligibility. [12420/97]

Since my appointment as Minister for Education I have allocated an additional 60 teaching posts at primary level to the home-school-community liaison scheme. This brings the total number of posts at primary level to 105.