Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 February 2015
426. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the potential for redeployment of a permanent whole-time teacher from a Dublin post-primary school who for family reasons now finds themselves living in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6634/15]
View answerThe core function of the redeployment arrangements is to facilitate the redeployment of all surplus permanent and CID holding teachers to other schools that have vacancies. The redeployment of all surplus permanent teachers is key to my Department's ability to manage within its payroll budget and ceiling on teacher numbers.
At post primary level for the 2015/16 school year teachers in the Munster region are given an opportunity to volunteer for a transfer to other areas if such a transfer would free up a vacancy that would facilitate the redeployment of a surplus permanent teacher in that area. This arrangement is operating on a pilot basis for 2015. My Department has no plans to introduce a separate voluntary redeployment scheme. The criteria used for the allocation of teachers to post-primary schools for the 2015/16 school year, including the redeployment arrangements, is available on my Department's website.
