asked the Minister for Education if he will state the number of persons employed as supernumerary teachers in convent and monastery national schools, respectively; the terms on which such teachers are employed, and the salary payable; whether service given in this capacity is reckoned for increment or pension, or as qualifying service for appointment as principal of a large school.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Employment of Supernumerary Teachers.
Approximately 580 members of religious communities are employed in a supernumerary capacity in convent national schools and 20 in monastery national schools. One hundred and ninety lay assistant teachers are employed as supernumerary teachers in convent schools and ten in monastery schools.
The salaries of supernumerary teachers in such schools are payable wholly by the conductors.
In the case of an additional lay assistant appointed in a capitation convent or monastery national school subsequent to 31st August, 1932, or in a classification convent or monastery national school subsequent to 3rd December, 1935, the conductors must pay to such lay assistant a salary not less than the minimum of the scale to which the teacher would be entitled as an assistant teacher in an ordinary national school.
All qualified supernumerary lay assistants paid salary at not less than the minimum of the scale are entitled to the following privileges in respect of the period during which such minimum salary was paid:—
The recognition of their service (a) as fulfilling the conditions required for probation and for training diploma, (b) in respect of claims for first appointment or reappointment in national schools. Such service, if highly efficient or efficient, may also be reckoned for appointment as principal of a large school.
Service as supernumerary teacher in a convent or monastery national school does not count for increment or pension.