Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that a person (details supplied) was not considered for redeployment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46546/22]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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The core function of the redeployment arrangements is to facilitate the redeployment of surplus permanent teachers to other schools where vacancies exist. Ensuring efficiency in the annual redeployment processes is significant in terms of managing the overall teacher numbers.

Following discussions between the relevant stakeholders a voluntary redeployment scheme has operated on a pilot basis in specific regions in recent years. Permanent teachers employed in these regions are given an opportunity to volunteer for a transfer to other areas of the country if such a transfer would free up a vacancy that would facilitate the redeployment of a surplus permanent teacher in the region.

To-date the pilot voluntary redeployment scheme has operated in 24 counties. The pilot voluntary redeployment scheme assists the Department to achieve its objective of redeploying all the surplus permanent teachers.

Teachers who applied under the pilot voluntary scheme and were not facilitated with a transfer continue to have the option of applying for posts in their preferred location that are advertised in the normal manner.

The criteria for the allocation of teachers to post-primary schools including the redeployment arrangements, are available on my Department's website.