The Senior Cycle Redevelopment Agreement, accepted by TUI following a ballot in May 2025, contains a package of measures designed to support the implementation of the Senior Cycle Redevelopment programme in schools.
One such measure is the reconfiguration, on an interim basis - pending a review currently being undertaken under the auspices of the Teachers’ Conciliation Council (TCC) - of the operation of the whole school component of the Croke Park Hours arrangements as applicable to teachers in the Post Primary sector.
As the TUI has accepted the Senior Cycle Redevelopment Agreement there will, for members of the TUI, be a rebalancing of the 33 Croke Park school hours, for members of the TUI, by allocating:
- 19 (of the overall total of 33) hours for whole-school commitments (e.g. school planning days, open night, etc.) as provided for in Circular 0025/2011 and
- 14 hours for teacher led activities to be conducted on a non-whole school, high trust basis.
This involves an increase of 4 (i.e. from 10 to 14) in the hours for teacher-led activities and a corresponding reduction of 4 (i.e. from 23 to 19) in the hours for whole-school commitments.
The Department Circular to give effect to the above has now issued – CL68/2025. The CL can be found here
The Teachers’ Union of Ireland has developed an FAQ document on Croke Park Hours and can be found here