Services for schools and school staff
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From: Department of Education
- Published on: 6 August 2021
- Last updated on: 10 April 2025
- Allocation of Teachers to Schools
- Appointment forms
- Boards of Management
- Breaks and leave
- Disciplinary procedures
- Employee Assistance Service
- Fixed term contracts
- Foreign Teacher Exchange
- Garda Vetting
- National Nursing Pilot for Children with Complex Healthcare Needs Pilot Scheme
- New teachers
- Occupational Health Strategy
- Payroll and financial
- Posts of responsibility
- Professional development
- Registration with Teaching Council
- Retirement and pensions
- Secondment/Temporary Re-Assignment
- SNA Allocations to Schools
- SNAs recruitment and qualifications
- SNA redundancy
- Teacher Recruitment Registration and Qualifications
Services and information for teachers, Special Needs Assistants and non-teaching staff in schools.
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If you would like to contact the Payroll Division, Pensions Unit or School Transport Section please click the following link: Customer Query Form
Allocation of Teachers to Schools
Appointment forms
Boards of Management
Breaks and leave
Statutory and non-statutory leave entitlements for teachers and special needs assistants, see Breaks/leave for school staff.
For information on leave entitlements for school secretaries covered by the terms of the 2022 WRC agreement, please see Leave for School Secretaries (WRC 2022 Agreement)
Disciplinary procedures
Employee Assistance Service
Fixed term contracts
Primary and post-primary teachers, see Fixed term contracts for teachers.
Foreign Teacher Exchange
Exchange opportunities for teachers, see German Teacher Exchange Scheme or French/Irish Teacher Professional Visit Scheme.
Garda Vetting
Requirements for school staff and volunteers are set out in Commencement of Statutory Requirements for Garda Vetting.
National Nursing Pilot for Children with Complex Healthcare Needs Pilot Scheme
New teachers
For information of interest to newly qualified teachers, see Teaching Transforms. Shape the Future.
Occupational Health Strategy
Occupational Health Strategy for teachers and special needs assistants and for clerical officers and caretakers employed in national schools under the 1978/79 scheme and clerical officers employed in post-primary schools under the 1978 scheme.
Payroll and financial
Payroll Division
- Address:
- Payroll Division, Department of Education, Cornamaddy, Athlone, N37 X659
- Summary:
- Please provide your school roll number when contacting the Payroll Division to help us direct your enquiry to the correct staff member. If you don't know your school roll number, you can find it using our Find a School application.
Posts of responsibility
Professional development
Registration with Teaching Council
Under section 30 of the Teaching Council Act 2001 people employed as teachers in recognised schools must be registered with the Teaching Council in order to be paid from public monies by the Department of Education or an ETB. For more see: Teaching Council registration.
Retirement and pensions
Secondment/Temporary Re-Assignment
Secondment / Temporary Re-assignment opportunities for teachers