Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 3 June 2020
257. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a wage subsidy payment from his Department in view of the fact their income as a secondary school teacher doing 11 hours of resource teaching and 11 hours from casual substitution has ceased due to school closures. [9073/20]
View answerThe managerial authorities of schools are the direct employers of teachers and my Department acts as the paymaster. In this regard, the position is that where a contract of appointment was already in place my Department has continued to pay the relevant salaries.
In the case of the individual referred to by the Deputy, they have received payment from my Department on each payroll since the Covid-19 arrangements came into force and will continue to be paid for the 11 hours of resource teaching up until 31st August 2020. The person would also be paid for any casual substitution work where the managerial authority had contracted them to undertake the work.
My Department does not operate the wage subsidy scheme.
