Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 290: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way a person interested in teaching English to children, whose first language is not English or Irish would qualify for one of the 200 posts announced on 9 February 2007; the availability of application forms for these posts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6723/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The recruitment and appointment of personnel to fill teaching posts, including language support posts, in an individual school is a matter for the school authority (Board of Management or Vocational Education Committee as appropriate) concerned. Agreed procedures with regard to the filling of posts (e.g. compliance with any redeployment panel arrangements in place, composition of selection boards, advertising etc) must be followed.

It is the policy of my Department that only qualified personnel should be employed. Unqualified personnel should not be appointed except in exceptional circumstances and then only when all avenues for recruiting qualified personnel have been exhausted.

Teaching posts that arise are normally advertised by the relevant school authority / VEC in the national press. It is a matter for persons wishing to be considered for appointment to submit their applications direct to the school authority / VEC concerned.