Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 February 2005
475 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will be recognised for incremental credit in their salary in relation to their time teaching in the private sector on their return to working in public sector teaching. [3507/05]
View answerIn accordance with the terms of agreed reports of the conciliation council for teachers, incremental credit may be awarded to second level teachers in respect of approved teaching service. For the purpose of the award of incremental credit, approved teaching service is defined as service given in a fully qualified whole-time capacity in a school that is recognised by my Department. Teaching service given in schools outside of Ireland that is demonstrated to the satisfaction of my Department to be equivalent to approved teaching service may also be considered as acceptable service for credit purposes. Service given in a private second level school, such as the one referred to by the Deputy, is not covered by the terms of the agreed report and therefore does not qualify for the award of incremental credit.
