Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 September 2014
1381. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans following pay cuts for teachers in 2011 and 2012 to have pay restored for 2012 graduates to the 2010 salary scale as happened for 2011 graduates, in view of the fact that the 2012 graduates are now on an inferior pay scale; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34011/14]
View answerThe Public Service Stability Agreement 2013 – 2016 (Haddington Road Agreement) provides that revised salary scales shall be prepared for same grade entrants to the public service (including for example teachers) to incorporate the revision of salary scales introduced in 2011, in order to address the imbalance between those who entered the Public Service since 2011 and those who entered before that date. In this regard, my Department published revised incremental salary scales for teachers who entered teaching between 1 January 2011 and 31 January 2012 in circular 0032/2013 (Primary teachers) and circular 005/2014 (Secondary teachers).
More recently, following negotiations held under Section 2.31 of the Haddington Road Agreement, my Department issued circular 0053/2014 outlining changes to the incremental salary scale, part-time rates and allowance rates for post-1 January 2011 entrants to teaching, and changes to the allowance rates for allowances which remain payable to post-1 February 2012 entrants to teaching.
