Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 4 May 2016
266. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the period of time a fully qualified primary teacher may expect to remain on the main panel before being offered a permanent teaching position; if a maximum permissible waiting time exists before a candidate may be considered for such posts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9099/16]
View answerThe core function of the redeployment arrangements is to facilitate the redeployment of all surplus permanent teachers to other schools that have vacancies. The redeployment of all surplus permanent teachers is key to the Department's ability to manage within its payroll budget and ceiling on teacher numbers. Thereafter, schools are required under the panel arrangements to fill permanent vacancies from supplementary panels comprised of eligible fixed-term (temporary/substitute) and part-time teachers.
The redeployment arrangements are published annually in the staffing circular which is placed on the Department website. The redeployment arrangements for the 2016/17 school year are set out in Circular 0007/2016 which is available on the website. Redeployment panels are drawn up on a diocesan basis for Catholic panels, diocesan/united diocesan basis for Church of Ireland panels and on a national basis for other patron bodies.
The detail relating to numbers on individual redeployment panels is placed on the Department website when the panels are published each year. My Department updates the progress of the panels on the website on a regular basis.
