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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 December 2004

Tuesday, 7 December 2004

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Michael Ring

Question:

406 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether it is fair that a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who did voluntary substitution and supervision from September 2001 to March 2002 has not received any monetary reward; if the stumbling block to issuing a payment is that moneys for that payment have already been issued and exhausted; and if a payment for hours worked for unpaid supervision and substitution will be included in the part-time teacher allocation or separate fund. [32423/04]

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The supervision and substitution scheme for second level schools commenced in the 2002-03 school year. Under the terms of the agreed scheme teachers paid incremental salary can opt to undertake supervision and substitution duties and receive remuneration for a defined number of hours in each school year. As part of the agreement on the scheme, a once-off payment was made to incremental teachers paid on the Department payroll for the 2001-02 school year. Whole-time teachers were paid €1,270, and job-sharing and eligible part-time teachers were paid on a pro rata basis. The agreement with the teacher unions did not allow for any payment for supervision duties to be made in respect of the 2001-02 school year to part-time teachers who were not paid on the Department payroll. Accordingly, a payment for supervision duties for the 2001-02 school year cannot be made to the person referred to by the Deputy.

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