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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 September 2021

Tuesday, 21 September 2021

Questions (352)

Brendan Griffin

Question:

352. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education if she will provide clarification in relation to a teaching post (details supplied) in County Kerry; if there will be further transparency going forward; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44461/21]

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Written answers

The 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 0044/2019 for primary schools, 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.

Section 12, of Chapter 2 of this Circular sets out the procedures Interview Boards must follow to address disclosures of interest/integrity in relation to Interview Board members who have a personal relationship with an applicant for appointment to a post in a school. In accordance with Section 12.6 "Failure to disclose any relationship may invalidate the process".

In relation to options for teachers to transfer to another county:

- there is a Temporary Reassignment Scheme for Primary School Teachers, and

- a teacher can also make an application to transfer to another county where a teacher is being redeployed.

Chapter 9 of Circular 0054/2019 provides for a Temporary Reassignment Scheme for Primary School Teachers. The purpose of the scheme is to facilitate an arrangement between two eligible teachers with the approval of their respective employers whereby they may apply for temporary re-assignment to a different school subject to the certain terms and conditions, all of which are contained in the aforementioned circular.

The core function of the redeployment arrangements is to facilitate the redeployment of all surplus permanent/CID (Contract of Indefinite Duration) holding teachers to schools that have vacancies. The main redeployment panels are based on school patronage and it is the patron bodies that administer the redeployment panels. As such, the decision to facilitate a panel transfer rests with the relevant patron.

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