Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 6 July 2023
217. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education to outline if a review of the existing panel system for teaching positions has been or will be carried out by her Department; if consideration will be given to the reintroduction of the open application system for relocations (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33180/23]
View answerCircular 74/2022 sets out the arrangements for the Supplementary Panel for the 2023/24 school year. The panel criteria is reviewed each year, in consultation with the Education Partners (which includes the Teacher Union). Arrangements in relation to next year's Supplementary Panel will be reviewed and published towards the end of the current year.
The redeployment arrangements are a mechanism used to fill teaching posts. Each Main Redeployment Panel is created for surplus permanent/CID holding teachers in order to ensure that vacancies are offered in the first instance to these teachers. Once all surplus permanent/CID holding teachers are redeployed, schools are required to fill permanent vacancies from Supplementary Redeployment Panels comprised of eligible fixed-term (temporary/substitute) and part-time teachers. At that point, fixed-term vacancies may be advertised through open competition.
Once a redeployment panel has been exhausted in an area, schools with permanent vacancies in that area may proceed to open competition to fill these vacancies. It is open to any teacher to apply for these vacancies as they arise.
