Tony McLoughlin (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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683. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why permanent post-primary school teachers have no work location transfer options available to them which do not require their permanent status to be removed; her plans to introduce a national voluntary redeployment scheme for post-primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5736/16]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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The core function of the redeployment arrangements is to facilitate the redeployment of surplus permanent and CID holding teachers to other schools that have vacancies. The redeployment of all surplus permanent teachers is key to my Department's ability to manage within its payroll budget and ceiling on teacher numbers.

A voluntary redeployment scheme will operate on a pilot basis this year, details of which are available on my Department's website.