Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 150: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the redeployment of primary school teachers should take into account the specific needs of gaelscoileanna; his further views that there should be some mechanism to ensure that teachers redeployed to an all-Irish primary school have adequate ability in the language and also adequate training in immersion education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14375/11]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Teacher qualifications, including those relating to Irish, are designed to equip teachers to teach in all publicly funded posts, and it is important that we do not construct barriers to redeployment. Flexible redeployment arrangements are required in order to ensure all surplus permanent teachers are redeployed into vacancies. The country simply cannot afford to have surplus teachers in a school while permitting recruitment to take place in another school.