Frank Feighan
Ceist:117. Deputy Frank Feighan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of young qualified teachers on the panel. [39433/14]
Amharc ar fhreagraWednesday, 15 October 2014
Ceisteanna (117)
Freagraí scríofa
The staffing and redeployment arrangements for the current school year are set out in Circular 0007/2014 which is available on the Department website. The core function of the redeployment arrangements is to facilitate the redeployment of all surplus permanent teachers to other schools that have vacancies. The redeployment of all surplus permanent teachers is key to the Department's ability to manage within its payroll budget and ceiling on teacher numbers. Thereafter, schools are required under the panel arrangements to fill permanent vacancies from supplementary panels comprised of eligible fixed-term (temporary/substitute) and part-time teachers.
Circa 500 permanent teachers placed on main redeployment panels were redeployed to schools with vacancies for the 2014/15 school year. The arrangements for access to the Supplementary Panel for the 2014/15 school year are set out in Circular 0057/2013, which is available on the Department website.
1,962 teachers were eligible for the 2014/15 Supplementary Panel. 1,566 of these teachers have acquired teaching positions for the 2014/15 school year and 396 teachers remain on the Supplementary Panel. The latest date for filling a permanent post on a permanent basis in the current school year is Monday 3 November, 2014. The Supplementary Panel will automatically cease at that stage.
It is open to any teacher on the supplementary panel to apply for vacancies that are advertised.