Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 November 2023
532. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education the options open to a person (details supplied) when such a situation arises; if her Department can assist the person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48461/23]
View answerThe redeployment arrangements is the 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. Schools that are allocated posts on the basis of projected enrolment are advised that these posts may only be filled on a provisional basis, pending confirmation of enrolment, and in case a teacher returns to the Main Panel for redeployment.
Teachers on the Supplementary Panel that take up such posts do so on a provisional basis. The teacher referred to by the Deputy was returned to the Supplementary Panel in October. The Supplementary Panel is used to fill permanent positions up to the first working day of November.
Teachers on the Supplementary Panel that do not take up a permanent position from the panel may reapply for the following year's panel. Information and application forms for the Supplementary Panel 2024/25 will be published on the Department website later this month.
The redeployment arrangements are reviewed and agreed annually by my Department and the Education Stakeholders, including Teacher Unions.
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.
