Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 November 2004
245 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason Question No. 468 of 2 November 2004 was not answered in full in relation to the entitlements of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and the monetary and point of scale entitlement under the current agreement for this person. [28494/04]
View answerThe Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act came into operation on 20 December 2001 and provides that a qualified part-time employee has a pro rata entitlement to the conditions of employment of a qualified full-time employee. The position regarding special needs teachers is as outlined in reply to a previous parliamentary question, that in accordance with the agreement with the teachers’ unions, post-primary teachers who do not hold a specialist post graduate qualification in the area of special needs may, with effect from 1 September 2003, be appointed to special needs teaching posts. The salary of the person referred to by the Deputy was reviewed in line with this agreement.
The claim from the person referred to for incremental credit was received in early October 2004. The person's entitlement to incremental credit in respect of previous teaching service and non-teaching service is currently being examined. A decision in this matter will be issued to the person concerned shortly. The position regarding supervision-substitution is that all payments as agreed between my Department, teacher unions and managerial authorities have been issued to the people involved.
