Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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973. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No.159 of 28 May 2015, the criteria that were used for the application of derogations with regard to professional development services for teachers' secondees; if she will provide details of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21906/15]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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It is Department policy to apply alleviations to meet the business needs of each of the support services, for example, to provide for continuity in management, planning and leadership and retention of expertise.

The nature of the CPD provision and the phase of delivery in respect of each individual support service have been taken into account.

This policy has been applied to PDST and while circumstances will vary across services, my Department's overall priority is to ensure continuity of professional development support for teachers and schools within the available resources.