Section 41, The Education Act, 2004

(1) The appointment of teachers in any assisted schoolshall lie with the proprietor thereof or the manager acting on his behalf or the Board of Governors with the approval of the Director- General of Education but every dismissal of a teacher from such school or transfer of a teacher from one such school to another, shall be subject to the prior approval of the Minister. (2) The manager of an assisted school may be required to dismiss any teacher upon the order of the Minister made after giving the teacher a hearing, and any refusal to comply with such order, not inconsistent with the outcome of the hearing, shall entitle the Minister to refuse or withhold any grant payable to such school.