Marcella Corcoran Kennedy (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 66: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of retired teachers who are holding down jobs on a casual and substitute basis; his plans to address same; the number of qualified teachers on the live register; the number of teachers who qualified from college in the past two years; the number of qualified teachers who have gained employment on a full-time or temporary basis in the two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26726/11]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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At the end of the 2010/2011 school year there were 328 retired teachers employed on a temporary or substitute basis in Primary, Secondary and Community/Comprehensive schools. This does not include schools under the auspices of Vocational Education Committees. Figures are not yet available for the number of retired teachers employed in schools in the 2011/2012 school year.

Details of the number of unqualified teachers on the live register is not available in my Department.

An estimated 7,376 primary and post primary teachers graduated in the last two years. Teachers are employed by the managerial authorities of schools and details of the number of qualified teachers who gained employment on a full time or temporary basis in the past two years is not available.

Circular 31/2011 issued in May of this year and requires schools to implement the regulations and procedures regarding the employment of qualified registered teachers in approved teaching posts funded by monies provided by the Oireachtas. The Circular sets out to ensure, as far as possible, that people appointed to teach are registered teachers with qualifications appropriate to the sector and suitable to the post for which they are employed and that unemployed teachers are offered employment in preference to those who have retired.