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Teachers' Remuneration

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 27 March 2013

Wednesday, 27 March 2013

Questions (145)

Mary Lou McDonald

Question:

145. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide all circulars issued to primary and secondary schools in 2012 relating to the payment of allowances to teachers. [15715/13]

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Written answers

The following Circulars relating to the payment of allowances to teachers issued to primary and secondary schools in 2012:

- Circular 3/2012: Public Service-Wide Review of Allowances and Premium Payments

- Circular Letter 19/2012: Revised rates of Pay in respect of Supervision/Substitution for the 2011/2012 school year.

- Circular Letter 28/2012: Payment in respect of Substitution for the academic year 2011/2012 in Prisons

Copies of the circulars are below.

Circular Letter 0028/2012

To: The Chief Executive Officer of each

Vocational Education Committee

Payment in respect of Substitution for the academic year 2011/2012 in Prisons

1. Introduction

I am directed by the Minister for Education and Skills to refer to the arrangements for substitution in Prisons. This Circular Letter sets out the arrangements for payment of eligible teachers for the school year 2011/2012.

2. The Arrangements

2.1 The arrangements provide for the provision of funding for substitution duties for 16 hours substitution per annum. The arrangements for the 2012/2013 academic year will be communicated by way of a separate circular letter.

3. Eligibility for payment

3.1 Permanent, CID, fixed term whole time, temporary whole time and eligible part-time or regular part-time teachers who served in a Prison during the 2011/2012 school year are eligible to claim payment. Permanent, CID, fixed term whole time and temporary whole time teachers who have been certified as having engaged in voluntary substitution over and above timetabled hours for the full school year will qualify for a payment. The full school year payment is as follows;

2011/2012 €765

3.2 Eligible part-time teachers, regular part-time and job-sharing teachers will qualify for payment on a pro-rata basis to be calculated by reference to the weekly contracted hours.

3.3 For new appointees (as defined in Circular 40/2011) i.e. those who were appointed between 1st January 2011 and 31st January 2012, the pro-rata payment should be calculated by reference to the full school year payment for new appointees ie. € 689.

4. Arrangements for teachers who become eligible for payment of the Substitution allowance on or after 1 st February 2012.

In accordance with the terms of Circular 003/2012, pending the outcome of a review by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, allowances including the Substitution payment are not payable to new beneficiaries i.e. those who became eligible for receipt of the allowance in question on or after 1 February 2012.

5. Arrangements for Payment

The following arrangements for payment have been agreed.

5.1 A claim form should be completed by each teacher who wishes to apply for payment. A copy of the claim form is attached at Appendix 1 .

5.2 Valid claims should be certified by the Co-ordinator/Director and forwarded to the Chief Executive Officer for payment.

6. Circulation

6.1 A copy of this Circular should be made available to Prison Co-ordinators and teachers in Prisons.

This Circular letter has been published on the web and can be accessed at www.education.ie .

Matthew Ryan

Principal Officer

31 July 2012

Appendix 1

Claim for payment for voluntary Substitution in the school year 2011/2012

To: __________________________________ Principal

From: __________________________________Applicant

( Block Capitals)

I hereby claim payment for voluntary Substitution outside timetabled hours on the basis that I have demonstrated a willingness to co-operate with and have assisted in Substitution as defined in the offer

Signed: ___________________________ Applicant

Date: ___________________

Certified: _____________________________________ Co-ordinator/

Director

Date: _____________________

Circular 0003/2012

To: The Managerial Authorities of Recognised Primary, Secondary,

Community and Comprehensive Schools

and

The Chief Executive Officers of Vocational Education Committees

Budget 2012 – Public Service-Wide Review of Allowances and Premium Payments

Introduction

1. The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, in his address to Dáil Éireann on the Expenditure Estimates on 5 December last, announced that public service bodies will have to achieve a reduction of 5% in the cost of allowances and premium payments in 2012.

2. In order to facilitate the required 5% reduction in 2012, it is necessary to complete a review of allowances and premium payments early this year. To this end, this Department is providing the requisite information on allowances to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and it is understood that it is intended to complete the review by the end of February 2012.

Allowances payable to Teachers, Principals and Deputy Principals

3. Pending the outcome of the review by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, allowances are not payable to new beneficiaries; ie those who became eligible for receipt of the allowance in question on or after 1 February 2012. No additions to the common basic pay scale may be paid to new beneficiaries. Examples of such additions include any form of qualification allowance or the supervision and substitution payment paid to teachers, and the secretary to Board of Management allowance paid to Principals.

4. The only exceptions to the prohibition in paragraph 3 are Principal and Deputy Principal allowances.

5. This Circular supersedes previous circulars, notices, letters, etc on these matters, including most recently Circular 70/2011 Payment of Qualification Allowances to Registered Teachers in Recognised Primary and Post Primary Schools.

Allowances payable to non-teaching staff:

6. Pending the outcome of the review by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, allowances or premium payments are not payable to new beneficiaries; ie those who became eligible for receipt of the allowance in question on or after 1 February 2012.

Circulation

7. Please ensure that copies of this Circular are provided to the Board of Management/Vocational Education Committee and its contents are brought to the attention of all teachers in your employment including those on leave of absence.

8. This Circular can be accessed on the Department’s website under http://www.education.ie .

Philip Crosby

Principal Officer

External Staff Relations

31 January 2012

Rannán Párolla, Payroll Division,

An Roinn Oideachais agus Department of Education Scileanna and Skills,

Cor na Madadh, Cornamaddy,

Baile Átha Luain, Athlone,

Co. na hIarmhí. Co. Westmeath.

090 64 83600

Circular Letter Pay 0019 /2012

To: The Management Authorities of Primary, Secondary, Community and Comprehensive Schools and the Chief Executive Officer of each Vocational Education Committee.

Re: Revised Rates of Pay in respect of Supervision

/Substitution for the 2011/2012 school year.

1. I am directed by the Minister for Education and Skills to convey sanction for

(a) Payment for supervision/substitution duties carried out by teachers.

(b) Payment for personnel employed solely as supervisors by Boards of Management.

2. The hourly rate payable to teachers whose first appointment predates 1/1/11 for supervision in the 2011/2012 school year is €47.82.The hourly rate payable to teachers whose first appointment was later than 1/1/11 is €43.04.

3. The annual rate payable to teachers for the 2011/2012 school year in respect of 37 hours supervision is €1,769.00 for teachers whose first appointment predates 1/1/11. The annual rate payable to teachers for the 2011/2012 school year in respect of 37 hours supervision is €1,592.00 for teachers whose first appointment was later than 1/1/11.

4. The hourly rate payable to personnel employed solely for the purpose of supervision in the 2011/2012 school year is €21.31. The hourly rate payable to personnel employed solely for the purpose of supervision in the 2011/2012 school year is €19.18 for personnel appointed after 1/1/11.

5. In accordance with the terms of Circular 003/2012, pending the outcome of a review by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, allowances including the S&S payment are not payable to new beneficiaries i.e. those who became eligible for receipt of the allowance in question on or after 1 February 2012.

6. For Primary schools only

A grant payment issued to the Boards of Management, of 1, 2 and 3 teacher schools and schools where a teacher has opted not to undertake supervision duties, in March 2012. This is to facilitate the payment of supervisors for the 2011/12 school year.

7. For Post Primary schools only

The advance payment for undertaking supervision/substitution duties in the 2011/2012 school year was paid to eligible teachers in March, 2012. The rates payable are

(a) Whole-time teachers - €620.00 (subject to statutory deductions)

(b) Job-sharing and Regular Part-time teachers - on a pro-rata basis.

8. A copy of this Circular should be made available to the members of Boards of Management, teachers and supervisors.

This Circular can be accessed on this Department’s website at www.education.ie under the heading Circulars.

P. Maloney,

Principal Officer,

May, 2012.

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