asked the Minister for Education if he will state when it is proposed to issue a direction to the vocational education committees regarding the payment of increased salaries and allowances to the teachers and other employees of such committees; and whether, in view of the inadequate salaries paid at present to the majority of those concerned, he will instruct the committees to expedite the payment of the increased scales.
Ceisteanna—Questions Oral Answers - Vocational Teachers' Salaries.
This question has been under consideration for some time and I propose to issue a circular letter to vocational education committees at an early date authorising payment of increased salaries and wages to their officers and servants as from the 1st November, 1946.
The payment of increased salaries and wages will, of course, be subject to award, in the first instance, by the vocational education committees, but chief executive officers will be requested to deal with the circular letter as a matter for immediate attention.
The Minister's reply is, in substance, somewhat the same as that which he gave on a previous occasion. Is he in a position to indicate, even approximately, when the circular will issue from his Department?
I think the circular is almost ready.