Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 9 July 2015
259. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to a previous parliamentary question, if she will clarify the contradiction in the e-mail received from her office on 20 May 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28188/15]
View answerThe criteria used for the allocation of teachers to schools is published annually on the Department's website. The staffing process includes an appeals mechanism for schools to submit an appeal under certain criteria to an independent Appeals Board. The staffing arrangements for the 2015/16 school year (Circular 0005/2015), provides details for schools wishing to make an appeal.
As set out in the staffing circular, the Primary Staffing Appeals Board meets three times per year, in March, in May and in October. The Department has not received a staffing appeal from the school referred to by the Deputy for either the March or May 2015 meetings of the Appeals Board. The Appeals Board will meet to consider staffing appeals for the 2015/16 school year for the final time in October 2015. The deadline for receipt of applications to that meeting will be published in due course on the Department website.
