Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, Independent)
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179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 143 of 18 October 2018, the procedures to cover maternity and sick leave absence; if there is panel of teachers to cover short and long-term absence; and if schools under contract are obliged to cover such absences. [44138/18]

Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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The recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill teaching posts is a matter for the individual school authority, subject to procedures agreed under Section 24(3) of the Education Act 1998 (as amended by the Education (Amendment) Act 2012). The deployment of teaching staff in the school, the range of subjects offered and ultimately the quality of teaching and learning are in the first instance a matter for the school management authorities.

The managerial authority of a school may employ a substitute to replace a teacher absent from teaching duty on an approved absence including certified illness and maternity leave.