Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 13 July 2017
273. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 94 of 14 December 2016, the position regarding some ETB teachers that are being paid their holiday payment in arrears; if there have been developments on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33741/17]
View answerMy Department published Circular Letter 0015/2015 in February 2015 to advise schools of revised pay arrangements for casual and non-casual teachers which took effect from the commencement of the 2015/16 school year, following agreement at the Teachers Conciliation Council.
Prior to September 2015, the daily-hourly rates paid to casual and non-casual teachers per day-hour worked included an element in respect of annual leave. This practice is known as “rolled-up holiday pay” and derives from a collective agreement on the appropriate rate of pay for part-time teachers reached at the Teachers Conciliation Council in 2003. Circular 0015/2015 ceased the practice of paying “rolled-up holiday pay” to casual and non-casual teachers and introduced a separate payment in respect of holiday pay. This change was necessary to bring the method of remunerating such teachers into line with the European Union Working Time Directive, following a decision of the European Commission. It is important to note that the overall remuneration of such teachers was not changed as a result of the Circular.
