School Staffing

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 6 March 2014

Thursday, 6 March 2014

Questions (81)

Charlie McConalogue

Question:

81. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 80 of 26 February 2014, the total number of teaching posts that schools are currently over prior to any retirements in August 2014 in view of the fact that the teacher allocation section has recently notified all schools who are over the quota of the exact number by which they are over; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11422/14]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills

The staffing and redeployment process for the 2014/15 school year is currently underway in my Department. The level of surplus for redeployment is influenced by many factors, including retirements, career breaks, job-sharing etc. and additional allocations for the forthcoming year in respect of demographics. This continues to evolve as new information is received from relevant schools. At this stage of the process, the level of surplus for redeployment will be of the order of the equivalent of 45 teaching posts from about 30 schools. However, please note that these figures are subject to change in the light of additional information from the relevant schools.