Tom Barry
Question:350. Deputy Tom Barry asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a method of geographically prioritising or moving between panels for teachers who have children with special needs. [34745/13]
View answerTuesday, 16 July 2013
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The 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 redeployment arrangements for the 2013/14 school year are set out in the Staffing Circular 0013/2013 and the FAQ document on Main Panels, both of which are available on the Department's website. Surplus permanent-CID holding teachers may opt to accept a post outside the 45 km radius of their former school within their existing panel area. 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 is available on the Department's website. The supplementary panel set up in accordance with the arrangements set out in this circular will be used for appointments to full-time permanent posts in primary schools but only where those posts are not otherwise required to facilitate the redeployment of surplus permanent and CID holding teachers.