Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 February 2009
492 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Science the way, in the absence of a redevelopment scheme at second level, he will proceed with removing the 200 teachers at post-primary level from the system as proposed by him in budget 2009. [5675/09]
View answerAs part of the modernisation agenda for teachers under the Social Partnership Agreement Towards 2016 it was agreed to address the issue of redeployment of surplus teachers. Discussions on the arrangements that would apply in the case of second level schools commenced under the auspices of the Teachers Conciliation Council in March 2007. It was initially agreed that the discussions would take place in a sequenced manner and that the first issue to be discussed was the arrangements that would apply in the case of school closures. Those arrangements were agreed and have been implemented with effect from the end of the 2006/2007 school year. Discussions have now focused on agreeing arrangements that will apply in the case of teachers that become surplus in situations other than school closure such as changing enrolments or changed course or subject provision at individual school level.
