Ned O'Keeffe
Question:259 Mr. N. O’Keeffe asked the Minister for Education and Science when payment of arrears will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Waterford. [5142/05]
View answerWednesday, 16 February 2005
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The person referred to by the Deputy is seeking payment of arrears under the Part-Time Workers Act 2001. Arrears entitlements conferred on part-time and substitute teachers under the terms of the Act apply to qualified teachers only. A teacher in a voluntary secondary school is considered qualified if he or she can be registered as a secondary teacher. This means he or she must have a degree with teaching subjects and a higher diploma in education. During the period the person referred to by the Deputy carried out substitute teaching work, she was not a qualified teacher and therefore has no entitlement to arrears of pay.