Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 2 October 2018
252. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if provision will be made to allow special needs assistants who are qualified as primary school teachers to work as full-time learning support teachers in post-primary schools with benefits and leave. [39978/18]
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(3) 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 appropriately qualified and registered teachers and ensure that unemployed teachers should be offered employment in preference to those who have retired. This Circular details a cascade of measures for the recruitment of teachers, prioritising registered teachers over retired registered teachers and unregistered people.
