Adult Education Provision

Tuesday, 14 November 2023

Questions (624)

Robert Troy

Question:

624. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for a contract for adult education tutors which offers parity with their full-time colleagues. [49999/23]

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Minister of State at the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

Following discussions with the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, approval for an offer to be made to the unions was agreed earlier this year. The proposal is that a grade of Adult Educator will be formally established with a standardised payscale aligned with the Youthreach Resource Person Scale. This grade will apply to tutors employed in ETBs to deliver FET programmes, who are currently employed under a variety of terms and conditions.

Discussions are currently taking place regarding the details and operational aspects of the offer. My Department, and the Department of Education which retains regulatory responsibility for the ETB sector, are considering the approaches suggested to a number of issues raised with a view to reverting to the unions as soon as possible.