Brendan Griffin (Kerry South, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding primary teachers panel rights in 2013 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2066/13]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The core function of the redeployment arrangements is to facilitate the redeployment of all surplus permanent teachers to other schools that have vacancies. The redeployment of all surplus permanent teachers is key to the Department's ability to manage within its payroll budget and ceiling on teacher numbers. Thereafter, schools are required under the panel arrangements to fill permanent vacancies from panels set up of eligible fixed-term (temporary/substitute) and part-time teachers. The arrangements for panel access for fixed term (temporary/substitute) and part-time teachers for the 2013/14 school year are set out in Department Circular 0038/2012 which is available on the Department website. The Supplementary panel set up in accordance with the arrangements set out in this circular will be used for appointments to full-time permanent posts in primary schools but only where those posts are not otherwise required to facilitate the redeployment of surplus permanent and CID holding teachers.

The closing date for application for access to the supplementary panel under the terms of the circular was Friday, 14 December, 2012.