Emer Currie (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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16. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will formally announce the reforms of the way in which teachers get CID, changing from the current two consecutive years for CID to one year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59682/25]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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Earlier this year I announced two new measures to address ongoing challenges and boost teacher supply.

These measures are aimed at ensuring that newly qualified teachers can gain permanent contracts earlier and to assist eligible teachers who trained outside of Ireland to work here.

In relation to the first measure, teachers who have taken up their first contract in a viable teaching post in September of this year will become eligible for a permanent contract in September 2026.

I am determined to address job security and to make teaching a more attractive, sustainable career. This measure which will see teachers who started teaching in September gain a permanent contract a year earlier than they would have previously, by qualifying for the award of a Contract of Indefinite Duration, where they have been re-appointed following a competitive recruitment process.

This will provide teachers with the certainty that they need, particularly for those who may be considering large financial commitments, such as those applying for mortgages.

This new measure will apply to both newly qualified teachers, and those teachers who have not yet managed to secure a permanent position, where those teachers satisfy the relevant criteria.

Officials within my Department are currently engaging with the teacher unions and the school management bodies to finalise the details of the new scheme and these details will be published once this process has been completed.