Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 October 2013
46. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the statutory right to time off of primary school and secondary school teachers attending local authority meetings if they are elected councillors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43566/13]
View answerWhere a teacher in a primary or post-primary school is an elected member of a local authority, paid absence of up to ten school days in a school year may be availed of in order to attend meetings, but only where such meetings are held during school opening hours. Substitute cover in such instances is not paid by my Department.
