Aindrias Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if secondary school teachers in County Cork can access the redeployment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23426/18]

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 teachers in all areas, 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.

A redeployment scheme operated on a pilot basis in the Munster region, including County Cork, in 2015 and 2016. All permanent teachers in Munster were given an opportunity to volunteer for a transfer to other areas if such a transfer would free up a vacancy that would facilitate the redeployment of a surplus permanent teacher in the region. In 2018 this scheme operates in counties Galway, Roscommon, Donegal, Cavan, Monaghan, Louth and Meath.    

The criteria used for the allocation of teachers to post-primary schools for the 2018/19 school year, including the redeployment arrangements, is available on the Department's website.