Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the supplementary teaching panel, given the difficulties teachers in rural areas are having meeting the income requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14036/16]

Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide automatic panel rights to teachers who have been on the supplementary panel for more than three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14037/16]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 164 and 165 together.

The core function of the redeployment arrangements is to facilitate the redeployment of all surplus permanent/CID holding teachers to other schools that have vacancies. Thereafter, schools are required under the panel arrangements to fill permanent vacancies from supplementary panels comprised of eligible fixed-term (temporary/substitute) and part-time teachers.

Arrangements for panel access for fixed-term (temporary), substitute and part-time teachers to the Supplementary Redeployment Panel for the 2016/17 school year are set out in Circular 0058/2015 which is available on the Department website.

Applicants must meet all of the published criteria in order to gain access to the Supplementary Redeployment Panel.