Joe Cooney (Clare, Fine Gael)
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200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, following her recent statements in relation newly qualified teachers being fast tracked to permanency after a one year period, she will clarify whether the same rights will be afforded to teachers who have been in temporary or substitute contracts for a number years and are still awaiting permanency; if teachers who were previously permanent but resigned their positions and wish to resume their careers, will we be included in this new scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22552/25]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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I know that teachers experience challenges that were not so acute for previous generations, including casualisation within the teaching profession. That is why I have announced that to help teachers to gain permanent roles more quickly, we will develop a new agreement which will see teachers who have taught for one year and successfully interview for a viable post in that school the following year, immediately getting offered a permanent contract at the start of that year.

I hope that being able to gain a permanent contract a year earlier will help teachers in applying for mortgages and placing their careers on a more stable footing much sooner than before. I hope this will be of significant benefit to younger teachers in particular.

Officials of my Department will be engaging with the education partners to finalise the details of this new agreement, following which the details will be published by my Department.