Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 25 January 2024
238. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the revenue saved due to the number of unfilled fixed term teaching positions for the 2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024 school years, broken down by country, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3473/24]
View answer239. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the revenue saved due to the number of unfilled maternity cover teaching positions for the school years 2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024, broken down by country, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3474/24]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 238 and 239 together.
The recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill teaching posts is a matter for individual school authorities, subject to procedures agreed under Section 24 of the Education Act 1998 (as amended by the Education (Amendment) Act 2012). In that regard there are more than 3,700 individual employers (boards of management of primary schools and post primary schools, as well as ETBs). The Department does not collect data on the recruitment by individual employers.
Information on salary scales for teachers and substitute teachers is available on gov.ie - Salary Scales (www.gov.ie).
Statistical information on teachers is available on www.gov.ie/en/publication/c97fbd-teacher-statistics/.
These statistics are extracted from the payroll databases using a single extract (30th June) each year and includes contracted and casual teachers.
