Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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692. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding teachers who have applied for redeployment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6653/16]

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.

The pilot voluntary redeployment scheme at second-level operated in the Munster region last year and was used if it facilitated the compulsory redeployment of a teacher from a school with teachers in excess of its allocation. In 2015, of the 300 applications for the pilot voluntary redeployment, 49 teachers received an offer of redeployment. 43 teachers accepted the offer and were redeployed to their chosen location.

The voluntary redeployment scheme will operate again this year, details of which are available on my Department's website.