Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if priority will be given to teachers who have been on the supplementary panel for three years or more and have not secured permanent positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21296/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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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 where vacancies exist. The redeployment of all surplus permanent teachers is key to the Department's ability to manage within its payroll budget and ceiling on teacher numbers.

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.

The criteria used for the allocation of teachers to primary schools for the 2017/18 school year, including the redeployment arrangements, is available on the Department's website.