Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 June 2013
302. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the savings made by all the institutes of technology here by the additional two teaching hours that lecturers were obliged to give under the Croke Park agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27616/13]
View answerI assume that the Deputy is referring to the provision in the Labour Relations Commission document whereby lecturing staff in Institutes of Technology may be required at the discretion of management to flex upwards by two lecturing hours above the current norms in each of the lecturing weeks of the year and will do so if required. The benefit of this flexibility is that it allows Institutes to continue to deliver services and manage increased enrolments in the context of restrictions to staffing under Employment Control Frameworks. No specific budget reductions were made on foot of this measure.
