Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent)
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272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 265 of 25 April 2023, if a board of management can contact those teachers who have been refused continuation of a career break, to ascertain their intention to return to school or resign prior to the date that they are to resume duties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21129/23]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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As stated in Parliamentary Question No. 265 of 25^thApril 2023, the school Board of Management, appointed by the Patron of each recognised school, is responsible for the management of a school and its staff. Teachers, in accordance with the Education Act, are employed by the school management authority of each individual school. The Department of Education is not the employer of teachers.

Under the Career Break Scheme, a teacher on a Career Break who wishes to resign from their teaching post is required to notify their employer in writing, in accordance with the teacher’s terms of employment.

As their employer, the Board of Management has responsibility for establishing the position with a teacher with regard to their intention to return to school following a Career Break absence or their intention to resign from their teaching post.