Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 June 2023
503. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if she will ask her Department to take into consideration the primary teaching history instead of the registration status of a person (details supplied) to enable them to gain supplementary panel rights; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27414/23]
View answerThe core function of the redeployment arrangements is to facilitate the redeployment of all surplus permanent teachers to other schools that have vacancies. Thereafter, schools are required under the panel arrangements to fill permanent vacancies from supplementary panels comprised of eligible fixed-term (temporary/substitute) and part-time teachers.
The criteria, reviewed annually with the Education Partners, are published on the Department website. Circular 74/2022 sets out the arrangements for the Supplementary Panel for the 2023/24 school year.
The eligibility requirements are applied equally to all candidates and the person referred to by the Deputy has been advised that he does not meet the published criteria for access to the Supplementary Panel.
