Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 26 June 2013
101. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position on the salary scale and the requirements to be considered for the supplementary teaching panel in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30898/13]
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 comprised of eligible fixed-term (temporary/substitute) and part-time teachers. The application process for the supplementary panels was introduced for the 2012/13 school year.
The Deputy will be aware that the arrangements for panel access for fixed term (temporary/substitute) and part-time teachers for the 2013/14 school year are set out in Department Circular 0038/2012 which was published on 9 November 2012 on the Department website. The period for submitting applications was between 9 November 2012 and 14 December 2012. The circular made clear that late applications would not be considered. The Department has received a number of applications after the closing date which will not be processed. The person referred to by the Deputy did not meet the criteria set out for the supplementary panel for the 2013/2014 school year. The arrangements for the access to the supplementary panel for the 2014/15 school year will be published on my Department's website in due course.
