asked the Minister for Education in respect of basic primary teachers' salaries the percentage by which they have increased since 1980; if their salaries have increased more quickly or more slowly than (1) the consumer prices in index and (2) average industrial earnings over the same period; and the extent of divergence in each case.
Written Answers. - Primary Teachers' Salaries.
197.
The following is the information requested:
|
Year |
Primary Teachers' Salaries |
Consumer Price Index |
Average Individual Earnings |
|
% increase |
% increase |
% increase |
|
|
1980 |
20.3 |
18.2 |
15.4 |
|
1981 |
22.9 |
20.4 |
14.3 |
|
1982 |
13.0 |
17.1 |
11.4 |
|
1983 |
9.2 |
10.4 |
10.5 |
|
1984 |
11.8 |
8.6 |
10.9 |
|
1985 |
6.3 |
5.4 |
7.4 |
|
1986 |
6.7 |
3.9 |
6.9 |
Primary Teachers' Salaries (including allowances)
Expenditure
|
£ |
% |
||
|
1979 |
110,913,156 |
||
|
1980 |
139,197,535 |
20.3 |
|
|
1981 |
180,560,374 |
22.9 |
|
|
1982 |
195,418,772 |
||
|
12,144,000 |
Global Vote |
13 |
|
|
207,562,772 |
|||
|
1983 |
222,967,514 |
||
|
5,718,000 |
Global Vote |
9.23 |
|
|
228,685,514 |
|||
|
1984 |
259,364,434 |
11.82 |
|
|
1985 |
265,400,673 |
||
|
11,421,000 |
Global Vote |
6.30 |
|
|
276,821,673 |
|||
|
1986 |
283,454,874 |
||
|
13,477,000 |
Global Vote |
6.77 |
|
|
296,931,874 |
(The expenditure figures exclude expenditure on Substitution and Employers' PRSI).
Central Statistics Office
Average Industrial Earnings
|
Year |
Weekly |
Yearly |
Increase |
|
£ |
£ |
% |
|
|
1979 |
81.41 |
4,233.32 |
|
|
1980 |
96.20 |
5,002.40 |
15.37 |
|
1981 |
112.25 |
5,837.00 |
14.30 |
|
1982 |
126.69 |
6,587.88 |
11.40 |
|
1983 |
141.55 |
7,360.60 |
10.50 |
|
1984 |
158.79 |
8,257.08 |
10.86 |
|
1985 |
171.45 |
8,915.40 |
7.38 |
|
1986 |
184.24 |
9,580.48 |
6.94 |
Central Statistics Office
Consumer Price Index increases
|
Increase |
|
|
% |
|
|
1979 |
|
|
1980 |
18.2 |
|
1981 |
20.4 |
|
1982 |
17.1 |
|
1983 |
10.4 |
|
1984 |
8.6 |
|
1985 |
5.4 |
|
1986 |
3.9 |