Brendan Howlin
Question:281 Mr. Howlin asked the Minister for Education and Science if teachers on EPT contract are entitled to the same conditions of employment as permanent teachers, in view of the fact that EPT contracts are from year to year; the purpose of having school principals provide details in May of the teachers who will return to work in September when, in the case of EPT teachers, salary payments under new contracts beginning on 1 August are not paid until late September; his views on whether this is equitable treatment of EPT teachers; the steps, if any, he will take to ensure that salary payments to EPT teachers are paid on time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17196/00]