Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 April 2004
417 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Education and Science if funding will be provided to remunerate part-time substitute teachers for supervision in 2001-02; and the reason that those teachers were not paid for their supervision duties. [11820/04]
View answerThe payment for supervision and substitution duties undertaken by substitute or part-time teachers in voluntary secondary schools and community and comprehensive schools is made by means of a grant payment to each school.
This grant payment is the balance between the number of hours paid to teachers on the Department payroll and the total allocation due to the school as determined by reference to the number of whole-time equivalent teachers for each school.
Teachers on the Department payroll who opted in 2001-02 school year to perform substitution or supervision under the terms of the scheme were paid in two instalments — in December and August. Where those teachers did not take up the total hours allocated to schools for supervision or substitution, the balance could be offered to substitute teachers who were subsequently paid by the school management from the grant referred to above.
The grants for the 2001-02 school year have been paid to schools. Payments under the agreed scheme for substitution and supervision for the 2001-02 school year have been finalised.
