Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 December 2018
181. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason redundancy offers to school secretaries are capped at a maximum of two years' salary; when the cap was introduced; and if it applies to other grades and positions in his Department and related sectors. [52739/18]
View answerRedundancy terms in the Education and Training Sector, including those offered to qualifying school secretaries, derive from a collective agreement made in June 2012 between the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on behalf of the Government and the Public Services Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, and a subsequent decision of the Labour Court in 2014.
These terms include a cap on the total statutory redundancy and ex-gratia payment not exceeding 2-years' pay, or one half of the salary payable to preserved pension age, whichever is the less.
This scheme currently applies to all Public Servant employees in the Education and Training Sector who qualify under the terms set out in the agreement.
My Department has no discretion to operate outside of the terms of this redundancy scheme.
