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• Staffing & Appointments
  • Staffing for 2023/2024
  • Posts of Responsibility
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  • Appointment Procedures
  • Job Sharing
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  • Redeployment Panels
    • Main Panel
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• Child Protection
  • Procedures & Compliance
  • Circular 0081/2017
  • INTO Resources
  • DES Resources
  • Children First Resources
• Leave of Absence
  • Assault Leave
  • Brief Absences
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  • Maternity / Adoptive / Paternity Leave
    • Maternity Leave
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    • Paternity Leave
  • Secondments
  • Sick Leave
• Pay
  • Pay Scales
  • Allowances
  • Incremental Credit
  • Payment of Salary
  • Acting Up Allowance
  • Temporary Teachers & Holiday Pay
  • Substitute Teachers
  • Supervision Payment
  • Taxation and PRSI
    • Income Tax & PAYE
    • Tax Credits
    • Tax/PRSI on First Appointment
    • Pay Related Social Insurance (PRSI)
    • PRSI Contribution Categories
    • Widow’s or Widower’s (Contributory) Pension
• Pensions & Retirement
  • Pension Benefits
  • Calculation of Pension
  • Contributions
  • Disability / Ill Health Retirement
  • Single Public Service Pension Scheme
  • INTO Guide to Pensions
  • Notional Service
  • Applying for Pension
  • Resignation
  • Service Abroad
  • Spouses’ and Children’s Pension Scheme
  • Substitute Service
  • Retirement Planning
• School Leadership
  • Right to Disconnect – Guidance for Schools
  • Advice, Support and Information
  • Behaviour and Discipline
  • INTO Advice and Representation
  • INTO Principals’ Seminars
  • INTO Principals’ and Deputy Principals’ Committee
  • INTO Principals’ and Deputy Principals’ Fora
  • Recruitment and Appointment of the Principal Teacher
  • The Role of the Principal
  • Release Time for Teaching Principals
• Education & Curriculum
  • Special Education
    • Summer Programme 2023
    • Active Circulars
    • Special Education Conference
    • Summary of Review of Special Education 2012 To Date
    • Useful Links
  • Active Circulars
  • INTO Curriculum Consultation
  • School Inspection and Evaluation of Teachers
    • INTO Guide to Inspection in Primary Schools 2016
    • Evaluation of Schools and Teachers
    • Evaluation of Teachers
    • Professional Code of Practice on Evaluation and Reporting
    • Section 13 (9) Appeals Procedure
    • School Self-Evaluation
  • Education Committee
  • Education Conference
• Social Inclusion
  • Educational Disadvantage
    • DEIS
    • Home School Community Liaison Scheme
    • Archive
    • Disadvantage Reports and Resources
  • Language Support
    • Language Support Posts
    • Language Reports and Resources
    • Archive
  • Intercultural Education
• Staff & Parent Relations
  • Working Together
  • Good Practice
  • Procedure to Address Staff Difficulties
  • Mediation
  • Bullying/Harassment Procedure
  • Grievance Procedure
  • Counselling
  • Sexual Harassment
  • Adult Bullying
  • Teachers and Court Cases
  • INTO/Management Complaints Procedure
  • Home School Community Liaison Scheme
• Teacher Registration
  • The Teaching Council
  • Droichead
  • Garda Vetting
• Other School Matters
  • COVID-19 Support Hub
    • Covid-19 and Schools FAQs (updated 28 February 2022)
    • Very High Risk and Pregnant Teachers FAQs
    • Weekly COVID-19 Mass Testing Reports
    • Departmental Guidance and Information
    • Departmental Correspondence
    • Informational Videos
    • Summer Programme 2021
    • Key documents – March 2021 school reopening
    • Archive
  • Administration of Medicine
  • Croke Park Hours
  • Directives
  • GDPR
  • Lunchtime Supervision
  • School Accommodation
    • General information on school accommodation
    • Planning a school project
    • Funding
    • School design
  • School Year
    • Exceptional Closings
    • Closing for Elections
    • Closing in the Interests of Public Health
    • School Tours
    • Length of School Day
    • Standardisation of School Year
    • INTO School Year Planner 2023/24
  • From college to classroom 2021
• Equality
  • Books on Equality, Inclusion and Diversity
  • Equality Committee
  • Equality Conference 2023
  • Equal Opportunities (equality legislation)
  • External Organisations
  • INTO Equality Committee
  • INTO Equality Conference
  • INTO Pride Flag Campaign 
  • LGBT+ Teachers Rights
  • Religious Ethos and Equality
  • Reproductive Health Related Matters
  • Resources to support EID in schools
  • Taskforce on Equality, Inclusion and Diversity