Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 29 Jun 1999

Vol. 507 No. 2

Written Answers. - Teaching Qualifications.

Tony Gregory

Question:

263 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science if the previous nine years training experience in FÁS workshops has been credited to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 for incremental purposes to meet the criteria as an eligible part-time teacher. [16363/99]

Minister for Education and Science (Mr. Martin)

My Department has been advised by the vocational education committee in which the teacher is currently employed that an application for the award of incremental credit has not been received from the teacher.

Under current regulations, there is not any provision to award incremental credit in respect of previous non-teaching experience to a teacher employed in an EPT capacity in the vocational sector.

A sub-committee of the conciliation council for teachers is currently reviewing the incremental credit scheme and the matter of the award of incremental credit for previous non-teaching experience to EPT teachers is one of the issues being considered.