Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 June 2014
225. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review the discrepancy in policy where a teacher seeking redeployment to another county has to resign his or her post in order to be eligible to apply for another county panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27260/14]
View answerThe Deputy seems to be referring to the redeployment arrangements at primary level. These arrangements are set out in a detailed FAQ document that is published on my Department's website. The redeployment process at primary level is a huge logistical operation. Its focus is on facilitating the redeployment of all surplus permanent teachers to other schools in that area that have vacancies. Given the timelines and logistics for undertaking the annual redeployment process it is not possible to incorporate the type of voluntary transfers suggested by the Deputy into the redeployment process.
