Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 July 2017
223. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria for a person (details supplied) who wants to apply for a teaching post in a primary school but who trained for secondary teaching; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31198/17]
View answerThe recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill teaching posts is a matter for the individual school authority, subject to procedures agreed under Section 24 of the Education Act 1998 (as amended by the Education (Amendment) Act 2012).
In accordance with Department Circular 31/2011, schools are required to employ registered teachers with qualifications appropriate to the sector and suitable to the post for which they are employed and that unemployed teachers should be offered employment in preference to those who have retired.
