Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if cuts of legacy posts for DEIS schools which were postponed following a public outcry in the aftermath of Budget 2012 will continue to be protected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44697/12]

Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if concessionary legacy posts for DEIS Band 2 Urban schools will be protected into 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44698/12]

Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding his decision in February 2012 to retain 235 of the planned 428 cuts to DEIS legacy posts; if these posts be reviewed again in the context of Budget 2012; or if the posts continue to be protected. [44699/12]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 256 to 258, inclusive, together.

I do not intend to give any specific commitment on future budgetary decisions. This is a matter that I will have to consider with my colleagues in Cabinet in the context of the next budget and meeting our obligations under the EU/IMF Programme. The government will of course try to ensure all budget decisions are as fair and equitable as possible but I cannot give specific commitments in relation to the matters raised by the Deputy.

Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44702/12]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The redeployment arrangements at primary level include provision for the appointment of a panel officer to deal with any difficulties in relation to the operation of redeployment panels. These arrangements were formally agreed centrally with the education partners (school management bodies and the INTO) in January 2009. Under these arrangements the decision of the panel officer is binding on all parties. A Panel Officer was appointed on 20 September to adjudicate on the filling of a vacancy in the school referred to by the Deputy by a teacher on the subsidiary special national panel. The Panel Officer, having consulted with all the relevant stake-holders made his decision available to the Patron, the Board of Management of the school and my Department on 12 October, 2012. It is now a matter for the school concerned to fill the vacancy in accordance with the Panel Officer's decision.