Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 7 May 2015
185. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has changed its criteria for home school liaison officers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17952/15]
View answerThe Home School Community Liaison (HSCL) Scheme operates in Urban and Post Primary Schools included in DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools), my Department's Action Plan for educational inclusion. Participating schools are allocated additional teaching posts through the assignment of HSCL Coordinators to individual schools or clusters of schools. Circular 0058/2013 "Assignment of HSCL Coordinators within DEIS schools" contains the most recent regulations and procedures participating schools must adhere to when making HSCL Coordinator assignments. The Circular replaces earlier Guidelines issued by my Department and was developed in consultation with relevant education partners to ensure, inter alia, an improved rotation for teachers between classroom teaching and HSCL Coordinator assignments.
