Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 June 2023
600. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education when a response will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal regarding a teacher salary query; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28306/23]
View answerThe Board of Management of schools is the employer of school staff and my Department acts as paymaster on behalf of over 4000 schools. The Board of Management of schools will inform the Department of the appointment, re-appointment, resignation, retirement and natural conclusion of contracts in the schools so that salary and pension can be paid to school staff. The Board of Management of schools will also inform my Department of leave absences taken by the school staff. Adjustments will be made to salary if those leave absences are considered to be unpaid.
Salary is paid on a fortnightly basis. The Department relies on prompt notification from schools in relation to leave absences in order to adjust salary if required. In this situation, the Department received notification from the school to make adjustments to the teacher’s salary later than was required for the payroll schedule. As such, the teacher received salary for the period when she was not due to receive salary. Accordingly, the Department retrieved the monies overpaid to the teacher, the next time the teacher was paid. The teacher should continue to receive salary over the summer period provided she does resign or avail of further leave absences which require salary to be amended.
