Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 22 January 2025
481. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education if the case of a teacher (details supplied) who has been refused an application for incremental credits will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46356/24]
View answerThe criteria for the award of incremental credit are set out in the Department of Education’s Circulars 10/2001 for primary teachers, and 29/2007 and 29/2010 for post-primary teachers. The criteria for the award of incremental credit to recognised teachers was agreed under the auspices of the Teachers Conciliation Council (TCC).
Regarding the application to which the Deputy refers, the department issued a response to this teacher in November and advised that to receive the qualified rate of pay, a post primary teacher must be registered with the Teaching Council and have qualifications appropriate to the post primary sector for which they are employed.
As per the Teaching Council Register, this teacher is registered under route 3 - further education sector since 10 September 2024. The department advised this teacher of the outcome for their Incremental credit application in a letter of the 14 November 2024. This teacher is currently employed in a department paid post primary post, which requires post primary route 2 registration with the Teaching Council.
All applicants are notified of the department’s decision through a letter, posted to the correspondence address given on the application form. The department does not deliver any incremental credit decisions to a teacher over the telephone. The decision to award or refuse incremental credit is based solely on the information provided on the application form.
The department’s decision outlined to this teacher on 14 November 2024 remains the same.
