Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The decision to approve an application for job-sharing is a matter for the authorities of the school concerned. In the case of schools that have over-quota teachers, applications for job-sharing may be considered by the authorities of the schools concerned in the normal way i.e. applications will be assessed and approved, in the first instance, by the school managerial authority. It is then open to the school authority to apply to my Department for additional teaching hours to fill the resultant vacancy and each such application is considered on its merits.

As the school in question has over quota teachers an application for replacement hours was submitted in respect of job-sharing for the teacher referred to by the Deputy on 28th February 2007. My Department notified the school of its decision on 13th April 2007.