Ryan O'Meara (Tipperary North, Fianna Fail)
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450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider allowing primary school teachers who have been on the supplementary panel for an extended period to apply for the main panel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51454/25]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The core function of the redeployment arrangements is to facilitate the redeployment of all surplus permanent/CID holding teachers, to other schools that have vacancies.

At primary level, schools are required under the panel arrangements to fill their vacancies from the Main Redeployment Panel. Once all teachers on the Main Panel have been redeployed, permanent vacancies are offered to teachers on the Supplementary Redeployment Panel, comprised of eligible fixed-term (temporary/substitute) and part-time teachers. At that point, fixed-term vacancies may be advertised through open competition.

Once a redeployment panel has been exhausted in an area, schools with permanent vacancies in that area may proceed to open competition to fill these vacancies. It is open to any teacher to apply for these vacancies as they arise.

The redeployment arrangements are reviewed each year, in consultation with the Education Partners, including the Teacher Union. Arrangements for next year’s redeployment will be reviewed towards the end of the year.