Maureen O'Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent)
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235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason in cases in which a permanent teacher in a primary school retires mid-school year the permanent position cannot be advertised and resolved at the time (details supplied). [53172/18]

Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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The redeployment arrangements is the method used to fill vacancies in the primary school system.

Permanent teaching vacancies at primary level are filled, in the first instance, by permanent/CID holding teachers that are surplus in their own schools. Following this process, permanent vacancies are filled by eligible teachers on Supplementary Panels. Once the redeployment panels have cleared, primary schools with permanent vacancies may proceed to open competition to fill these vacancies. Temporary posts are filled by open competition which appropriately qualified teachers are eligible to apply for.

These arrangements set out that the latest date for filling a permanent post on a permanent basis is the first working day of November each year. Thereafter, a permanent post may only be filled on a fixed term basis unless the appointee is a permanent/CID holding teacher from the Main Panel. Such posts filled on a fixed-term basis must be made available to teachers on the Main Panel in the following year.

The redeployment of surplus permanent/CID holding teachers is key to the ability of the Department to manage within its payroll budget.

Arrangements for the 2018/19 school year are available on the Department website in Circular 0010/2018. Staffing arrangements for the 2019/20 school year will be published early next year.