Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is considering a motion by the Irish National Teachers' Organisation, passed at its 2015 congress, seeking permission to extend the teacher exchange scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2727/16]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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The teacher exchange scheme is designed to facilitate primary teachers to temporarily exchange their posts for education purposes. Under the present scheme the minimum period for which an exchange may occur is one year and the maximum is five years.

The Teacher Conciliation Council is part of the scheme of Conciliation and Arbitration Scheme for Teachers and was set up to deal with claims and proposals relating to the Terms and Conditions of employment of teachers. The Council is composed of representatives of teachers, school management, the Department of Education and Skills, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and is chaired by an official of the Workplace Relations Commission. As the existing Teacher Exchange Scheme is currently on the agenda of the Teachers' Conciliation Council I propose to await the outcome of those discussions before commenting further.