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Teacher Redeployment

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 February 2014

Tuesday, 25 February 2014

Questions (263)

Charlie McConalogue

Question:

263. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary teachers that will be redeployed via the redeployment panels at the end of the school year. [9062/14]

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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. The redeployment arrangements are published annually in the staffing circular which is placed on the Department website. The redeployment arrangements for the 2014/15 school year are set out in Circular 0007/2014 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. The staffing and redeployment process for the 2014/15 school year is currently underway. My Department expects to be in a position to publish the redeployment panels in mid-March, 2014.

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