Pat Rabbitte
Question:139 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Science the categories of workers on his Department's payroll which have not yet been awarded the payment of the first quarter of the benchmarking recommendation from December 2003; the number of persons on the untrained teachers scale who have not to date received this payment; the reason for the non-payment to date of those on the untrained teachers scale; when payment of the first portion of benchmarking will be made to these workers; and the arrangements for applying future benchmarking provisions to those on the untrained scale. [21685/03]