Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 21 October 2021
212. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education if a teacher who accepted and signed a contract for a teaching position in December 2010 and started said position in January 2011 is eligible to be paid at the pre-1 January 2011 post-primary teacher's pay scale as stated in circular 0040/2011 (details supplied). [51752/21]
View answerAccess to teachers pay scales is determined by the date a teacher is first appointed to an Oireachtas funded teaching post in Ireland. An offer of employment does not determine access to teachers pay scales.
A person first appointed to an Oireachtas funded teaching post in January 2011 and whose date of first qualified teaching service is before 5 December 2011 will be paid on the 1 January 2011 qualified pay scale. Under the terms of Circular 0083/2017, the 01/01/2011 and the 01/02/2012 pay scales were amalgamated with effect from 01/01/2018.
