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Teacher Redeployment

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 November 2013

Tuesday, 12 November 2013

Questions (126)

Michael Healy-Rae

Question:

126. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views regarding the appointment of teachers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47897/13]

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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 staffing and redeployment arrangements for all schools are published annually on the Department website. The arrangements for the current school year are set out in Circular 0013/2013 which is available on the website. My Department has just recently published the arrangements for access to the supplementary panel for the 2014/15 school year. These arrangements are set out in Circular 0057/2013 which is available on the website. Redeployment panels are drawn up on a diocesan basis for Catholic panels, diocesan/united diocesan basis for Church of Ireland panels and on a national basis for other patron bodies. The detail relating to numbers on individual redeployment panels is placed on the Department website when the panels are published each year. My Department updates the progress of the panels on the website on a regular basis. Over the last five years approximately 2,500 surplus permanent teachers have been redeployed, an average of 500 each year. Over 4,500 fixed term (temporary/substitute) teachers were placed on supplementary panels during this period (2,800 of which were in the last 2 years). Preparation for the staffing and redeployment process for the 2014/15 school year is currently underway in my Department. The size of the redeployment panels will not be known until early in 2014.

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