Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 15 November 2012
114. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Education and Skills the regulations that apply to a person (details supplied) who wishes to change from a temporary full-time panel to a whole-time permanent panel in another area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50662/12]
View answerThe core function of the redeployment arrangements is to facilitate the redeployment of all surplus permanent teachers to other schools that have vacancies. The redeployment of all surplus permanent teachers is key to the Department's ability to manage within its payroll budget and ceiling on teacher numbers.Thereafter, schools are required under the panel arrangements to fill permanent vacancies from supplementary panels set up of eligible fixed-term (temporary/substitute) and part-time teachers.
The arrangements which were introduced for the current school year, 2012/13 for access to the subsidiary and supplementary panels for fixed term (temporary), substitute and part-time teachers are set out in Department Circular 0012/2012 which is available on my Department's website. The deadline for applications for access to these panels was Friday 20 April 2012. The teacher referred to by the Deputy applied under the terms of this circular but did not satisfy the eligibility criteria. My Department has just recently published Circular 0038/12 setting out the arrangements for panel access for fixed term (temporary/substitute) and part-time teachers to the Supplementary Redeployment Panel for the 2013/14 school year. The circular is available on my Department's website and the closing date for application is 14 December, 2012.
