Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 156: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify matters relating to the teacher education section which advertises posts with the Professional Development Services for Teachers and An tSéirbhís Tacaíochta Dara Leibhéal don Ghaeilge; if he will make a commitment to ensure successful candidates are post holders in their schools and that these posts will be filled during their secondment. [19542/11]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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An open competition is currently underway to fill posts in the named programmes and the salary will be set in accordance with the criteria outlined in the 2003 Report of the Teachers Arbitration Board. The requirements for the posts have been published. It would not be appropriate to make any commitment in relation to whether the successful candidates should be post holders or not. The conditions for the replacement of successful candidates in schools will be in line with current Government policy in terms of the moratorium on recruitment and promotion in the public sector. In this context, the situation with replacement of posts of responsibility varies from school to school.