Written answers

Tuesday, 8 July 2014

Department of Education and Skills

Teachers' Panel Rights

Photo of Catherine MurphyCatherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)
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252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason teachers who qualified here but later worked in the United Kingdom may not have their experience in the UK taken into account when applying for inclusion in the supplementary redeployment panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29363/14]

Photo of Ruairi QuinnRuairi 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. Thereafter, schools are required under the panel arrangements to fill permanent vacancies from supplementary panels comprised of eligible fixed-term (temporary/substitute) and part-time teachers.The supplementary redeployment arrangements for the 2014/15 school year were published in November 2013 (Circular 0057/2013) following consultation with the relevant education stakeholders. Applicants must meet all of the published criteria in order to gain access to the Supplementary Panel.

Reckonable service which is allowable for the purpose of Supplementary Panel access is service as a fully qualified teacher in a post paid for by the Department of Education and Skills, excluding certain service types as listed in Circular 0057/2013. There are no plans to expand these arrangements to include teaching experience in schools outside of Ireland.

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