Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who was appointed to a position, turning down other opportunities in the process, and has now been removed from the position due to qualifications which were known in advance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46365/12]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Teachers are employed under a contract of employment with the board of management of a school or a vocational education committee. It is the Board of Management or VEC, as appropriate, which is responsible for recruitment, selection, appointment, discipline and dismissal of staff in accordance with procedures published by the Department following consultation with the education partners. In this instance those procedures are outlined in the 'Constitution of Boards and Rules of Procedure, 2011' in relation to the recruitment process and Circular 31/2011 in relation to qualification and registration requirements, both of which are available on www.education.ie.

In accordance with Circular 31/2011 where an employer can satisfactorily demonstrate that every reasonable effort has been made to recruit an appropriately qualified registered teacher, a teacher registered under any regulation of the Teaching Council [Registration] Regulations 2009 may be appointed pending the recruitment of an appropriately qualified registered teacher. The contract of employment must include a condition that the contract will terminate on the recruitment of an appropriately qualified registered teacher or the following 31 August, whichever happens first.

Patrick Nulty (Dublin West, Labour)
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To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a Gaelscoil (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will be allowed retain its second teacher in view of the needs of pupils in this school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46369/12]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The school referred to by the Deputy is a newly established school which originally projected that it would have an enrolment of 25 pupils on 30 September, 2012. Based on this projected enrolment the school was allocated a principal and 1 mainstream teaching post for the current school year. The required level of enrolment, minimum of 20 pupils, failed to materialise at 30 September 2012. The school submitted an appeal to the Primary Staffing Appeal Board which met on 18 October. The appeal was provisionally upheld on the basis that the school will secure it's projected enrolment by 31 December, 2012. If the required enrolment is not achieved at that date the post will be suppressed. The Board of Management of the school has been notified accordingly.