Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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730. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address casualisation of the teaching profession; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14768/15]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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The report of the Expert Group on Fixed-Term and Part-Time Employment in Primary and Second Level Education in Ireland was published in September 2014. At the time of publication I gave a commitment to implement the report with effect from September 2015. Following consultation with the education partners Circulars 23/2015 and 24/2015 detailing the arrangements and procedures for the implementation of the recommendations of the report were published on March 27th 2015. One of the key features of the new procedures is that the qualification period for the granting of an initial Contract of Indefinite Duration (CID) is reduced from a period of continuous employment in excess of three years with the same employer to a period of continuous employment in excess of two years.

The arrangements and procedures as set out in these circulars are for implementation from the commencement of the 2015/16 school year.

Copies of these circulars are available on my Department's website at the following link .