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Child Protection Procedures for Primary and Post-Primary Schools 2017
Measures to be adopted by schools to reduce the cost of school uniforms and other costs
Roll out and operation of the Financial Support Services Unit (FSSU) at Primary Level
Scheme For Leave Of Absence Following Assault For Registered Teachers In Recognised Primary And Post-primary Schools
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Statutory Requirements for the Retrospective Vetting of Teaching Staff, Non-Teaching Staff and Others.
2018
Adjudication Process – Contracts of Indefinite Duration
Breastfeeding Breaks For Registered Teachers In Recognised Primary And Post Primary Schools
Consultation With The School Community Including Teachers, Students And Parents On The Use Of Smart Phones And Tablet Devices In Schools
Management of Safety & Health, including Fire Safety, in Primary and Post Primary schools
Operation of the Financial Support Services Unit
Release Time for Principal Teachers in Primary Schools
Revised Procedures for Suspension and Dismissal of Teachers and Principals
Secondment Scheme For Registered Teachers In Recognised Primary And Post Primary Schools
2019
Changes to the Career Break Scheme for Special Needs Assistants employed in recognised Primary and Post Primary Schools - Employment while on Career Break
Exemptions From The Study Of Irish
Leave Schemes For Registered Teachers Employed In Recognised Primary And Post Primary Schools
Multi-annual Summer Works Scheme (Sws) 2020 Onwards. Scheme Of Capital Grants For Small/medium Scale Works In Recognised Primary And Post-primary Schools
Primary Language Curriculum/Curaclam Teanga na Bunscoile Stages 1–4 (junior infants to sixth class)
Recruitment and Appointment Procedures for Special Needs Assistants (SNAs)
Recruitment/promotion And Leadership For Registered Teachers In Recognised Primary Schools
Revision Of Certain Daily/hourly Rates For Primary Teachers With Effect From 1 January 2020
Revision of Pay Rates in 2020 for School Secretaries, Caretakers and Cleaners employed by the Boards of Management of Recognised Primary Schools or by ETBs in Community National Schools using Ancillary Services Grant funding
Sick Leave Scheme for Special Needs Assistants employed in Recognised Primary and Post Primary Schools
Special Leave for teachers who are members of Voluntary Search and Rescue Organisations and are called-out on a Search and Rescue Operation
2020
Commencement Of Certain Sections Of The Education (Admission To Schools) Act 2018
Cycle to Work Scheme
Emergency Works Grant Scheme Migration to On-Line Applications and Minor Revisions of Scheme
New Arrangements And Procedures For Appeals Under Section 29 Of The Education Act 1998 Effective From 12 November 2020 Onwards
Release Time for Principal Teachers in Primary Schools
Revision of Capitation Grant Rates for recognised Primary Schools in 2020
Standardisation of the School Year in respect of Primary & Post-Primary Schools for the years 2020/21, 2021/22 and 2022/23.
Updated Guide to Child Protection and Safeguarding Inspections in Primary and Post-primary Schools
2021
Allocation of Assistant Principal Posts 2021/2022
Arrangements for Inspectorate Engagement with Primary and Special Schools 2021/2022 School Year
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Arrangements for Teachers and Special Needs Assistants employed in recognised Primary and Post Primary schools
Cost Limits for Primary School Buildings
Covid Learning and Support Scheme
Enhanced Minor works Grant Funding for Primary Schools Exceptional Minor Works Grant Funding for Post-Primary Schools with a Particular Focus on Supporting Enhanced Ventilation
Extended Breastfeeding Breaks for Special Needs Assistants employed In Recognised Primary and Post Primary Schools
Final Closing Date of 30th April 2022 for Receipt of Eligible Qualification Allowance Applications as a Result of the Findings of the Adjudicator under Claim 447/19
Grant Scheme for EU NRRP Funding to Schools to Address the Digital Divide and Learners at Risk of Educational Disadvantage
Guidelines for the use of Reduced School Days in Schools
Home Tuition Grant Scheme for children without a school place
Panel Access for Fixed Term, Temporary (Including Substitutes) and Part Time Teachers to the Supplementary Re-Deployment Panel for the 2022/23 School Year).pdf
Parent's Leave Scheme For Registered Teachers employed In Recognised Primary and Post Primary Schools
Parent's Leave Scheme for Special Needs Assistants employed In Recognised Primary and Post Primary Schools
Partial Return to Work for Special Needs Assistants employed in Recognised Primary and Post Primary Schools
Primary schools and special schools in gaeltacht language-planning areas participating in the gaeltacht school recognition scheme, Ongoing Implementation of the Scheme (2021 - 2022)
Recruitment of Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) - Supplementary Assignment Arrangements for the 2021/2022 school year
Revision of Grant Rates in 2021 for Boards of Management of Recognised Primary Schools or by ETBs in Community National Schools using Ancillary Services Grant funding
Revision of Salaries Clerical Officer and Caretakers 78 79 schemes with effect from 1 October 2021
Revision of Salaries for Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) with effect from 1 October 2021
2022
"Say Yes to Languages"- Language Sampler Module 2022/23
Allocation of Assistant Principal Posts 2022/23
Arrangements for Inspectorate Engagement with Primary & Special Schools: April - June 2022
Arrangements for Inspectorate Engagement with Primary and Special Schools: September -December 2022
Bereavement Leave Scheme for Registered Teachers employed in Recognised Primary Schools
Bereavement Leave Scheme for Special Needs Assistants employed in Recognised Primary Schools
Building Momentum- A New Public Service Agreement 2021/2022
Building Momentum-Implementation of Sectoral Bargaining with effect from 1 February 2022
Commencement of the Education (Provision in respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Act 2022 and remaining sections of the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018
Cost Limits for Primary School Buildings
Covid 19- Updated Working Arrangements for Teachers and Special Needs Assistants in Recognised Primary Schools
Covid 19_ Working Arrangements for Certain Higher Risk Employees in Recognised Primary School for the 2022/23 School Year
DEIS Identification 2022: Appeals Process for Schools
Employment of 3rd & 4th Year Undergraduate Student Teachers and Application of the '5 Day Rule'
Enhancement to Irish Sign Language (ISL) Scheme Provision
Exemptions from the Study of Irish -Primary
Graduate Certificate in the Education of Pupils on the Autism Spectrum
Grant Scheme for ICT Infrastructure: 2021/22 School Year
Home Tuition Grant Scheme 2022/2023 Special Education Component
Home Tuition- No School Place
2023
Adoptive Leave Scheme for Registered Teachers employed in Recognised Primary and Post-Primary Schools
Adoptive Leave Scheme for Special Needs Assistants employed in Recognised Primary and Post-Primary Schools
Breastfeeding Breaks for Registered Teachers Employed in Recognised Primary and Post-Primary Schools
Breastfeeding Breaks for Special Needs Assistants Employed in Recognised Primary and Post-Primary Schools
Carer's Leave Scheme for Special Needs Assistants employed in recognised Primary Schools
Cost of Living Measure to Support Increased School Running Costs
DEIS Action Planning and Grant Allocation for All DEIS Schools
Domestic Violence Leave for Registered Teachers employed in Recognised Primary and Post Primary Schools
Domestic Violence Leave for Special Needs Assistants employed in Recognised Primary and Post Primary Schools
Election of New Boards of Management of Primary Schools
Force Majeure and Illness in Family Leave for Registered teachers Employed ini Recognised Primary and Post-Primary Schools
Launch of the New Primary Curriculum Framework
New Primary Curriculum Framework
Panel Access for Fixed Term/Temporary (this includes Substitute) and Part-Time Teachers to the Supplementary Panel for the 2024/25 School Year
Post-Graduate Diploma of Continuing Professional Development for Special Education Teachers 2023/24
Primary Mathematics Curriculum for Primary and Special Schools
Publication of Child Protection Procedures for Primary and Post-Primary Schools (Revised 2023)
Revision of Salaries for Clerical Officers and Caretakers employed in National Schools under the 1978/79 Scheme: under Building Momentum_ A New Public Service Agreement
Revision of Salaries for SNAs under Building Momentum- A New Public Service Agreement
Revision of Salaries for School Secretaries Previously Funded Under Ancillary Grant Funding
2024
(Primary) Special Education Teacher (SET) allocation model and the calculation of the SET allocation for each school from the 2024/25 school year
Allocation of Assistant Principal Posts 2024/2025 (Primary)
Circular 0042/2024 Say Yes to Languages – primary languages sampler module
Cost of living measure to support increased school running costs in 2024
Cost-of-living measure to support increased school running costs
Domestic Violence Leave for School Secretaries covered by the terms of the 2022 Workplace Relation Commission (WRC) Agreement, employed in Recognised Primary and Voluntary Secondary and Community and Comprehensive Schools
Extension to the Waiver of Abatement of Public Sector Pensions under Section 52 of the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions)Act 2012.
Gaeltacht School Recognition Scheme: Continued Implementation of the Scheme (2024/25) in Post-Primary Schools
Gaeltacht School Recognition Scheme: Continued Implementation of the Scheme (2024/25) in Primary Schools
Grant Scheme for ICT Infrastructure
Home Tuition Grant Scheme 2024/2025 Special Education Component
Home Tuition- Children in Care (CIC) 2024-25
Home Tuition- No School Place( NSP) 2024-25
Home Tuition-Maternity Related Absence(MRA) 2024-25
Information in relation to Standardised Testing and Other Matters – Academic Year 2023/24 and Subsequent Years
Leave Entitlements for School Secretaries employed in Recognised Primary and Voluntary Secondary and Community and Comprehensive Schools
Maintenance guidance for all schools
New measures to support the Forward Planning for Special Education Provision
New pay rate for School Transport Escorts
Panel access for fixed-term/temporary (this includes substitute) and part-time teachers to the Supplementary Redeployment Panel for the 2025/26 school year
2025
Allocation of Assistant Principal Posts 2025/2026
Approach and key measures to support the Forward Planning for Special Education Provision for the 2026/2027 school year and beyond
Assessment of Need
Banning the use of and access to personal mobile phones by pupils during the school day
Ciorclán 12-2025 - Príomhoifigeach Cúnta - IHREC
Circular 12-2025 - Interdepartmental Competition for Assistant Principal
Cost Limits for Primary and Post-primary School Buildings
Criteria for Enrolment in Special Classes for Children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) or Speech Sound Disorder (SSD)
Enhancement to Irish Sign Language (ISL) Scheme provision
Gaeltacht School Recognition Scheme: Continued Implementation of the Scheme (2025/26) in Primary Schools and Special Schools
Graduate Certificate in Autism Education for Teachers Working with Autistic Pupils in Special Schools, Special Classes or as Special Education Teachers in Mainstream Primary and Post-Primary Schools, 2025/2026
Grant Scheme for ICT Infrastructure 2025
Home Tuition Grant Scheme 2025 2026 – Special Education Component
Home Tuition Grant Scheme for Children in Care (CIC) 2025/2026
Home Tuition Grant Scheme for Children with No School Place (NSP) 2025/2026
Information in relation to Standardised Testing and Other Matters – Academic Year 2024/25 and Subsequent Years
Multi-Annual Climate Action Summer Works Scheme (CASWS) 2026 onwards
Multi-Annual Climate Action Summer Works Scheme (CASWS) 2026 onwards
Occupational Injury Scheme for Registered Teachers employed in Recognised Primary and Post Primary Schools
Panel access for fixed-term/temporary (this includes substitute) and part-time teachers to the Supplementary Redeployment Panel for the 2026/27 school year
2026
DEIS Plus scheme: appeal process
Extension to the Waiver of Abatement of Public Sector Pensions under Section 52 of the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions)Act 2012
Gaeltacht School Recognition Scheme:Continued Implementation of the Scheme (2026/27) in Primary Schools and Special Schools
Grant Scheme for ICT Infrastructure 2026
Guidance Note on the award of Contracts of Indefinite Duration (CIDs) for Primary School Teachers
Implementing the Action Plan for Irish in English-Medium Schools -Primary
Information in relation to Standardised Testing and Other Matters – Academic Year 2025/26 and Subsequent Years
Postgraduate Certificate/Diploma of Teacher Professional Learning for Teachers working with Students with Special Educational Needs - Autism
Revision of Ancillary Services Grant rates for Recognised Primary and Special Schools in the Free Education Scheme.
Revision of Salaries and Allowances of Certain Grades other than Teachers and SNAs employed by ETBs under The Public Service Agreement 2024 - 2026 effective from 01 February 2026
Revision of Salaries for Primary Teachers under the Public Service Agreement 2024-2026
Revision of Salaries for School Secretaries Previously Funded Under Ancillary Grant Funding and Bus Escorts
Revision of Salaries for School Secretaries Previously Grant Funded and Bus Escorts Effective from 01 February 2026
Revision of Salaries for Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) under The Public Service Agreement 2024 - 2026 effective from 01 February 2026
Revision of Salaries for Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) under The Public Service Agreement 2024 - 2026 effective from 01 June 2026
Revision of Salaries of Clerical Officers and Caretakers employed under the 1978/1979 Scheme under The Public Service Agreement 2024 - 2026 effective from 01 February 2026v
Revision of Salaries of Clerical Officers and Caretakers employed under the 1978/1979 Scheme under The Public Service Agreement 2024 - 2026 effective from 01 June 2026
Revision of Salaries of School Secretaries and School Maintenance Staff in Community and Comprehensive Schools under the Public Service Agreement 2024 – 2026
Revision of the process set out in Circular 0023/2015 which set out the Implementation of the Recommendations of the Expert Group on Fixed-Term and Part-Time Employment in Primary and Second Level Education in Ireland (Primary Schools)
Revision of the process set out in Circular 0024/2015 which set out the Implementation of the Recommendations of the Expert Group on Fixed-Term and Part-Time Employment in Primary and Second Level Education in Ireland (Primary Schools)
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March 22, 2023
