Vol. 466 No. 6
99 Miss Coughlan asked the Minister for Education whether she will sanction the upgrading of a clerical officer in the Abbey vocational school, Donegal town, which has a teaching staff of 60 or more in view of the agreement reached between her Department and County Dublin Vocational Education Committee with regard to the upgrading of clerical officers, Grade III, to assistant staff officers, Grade IV, in vocational schools with 40 teacher equivalents or more. [12041/96]
The grading structure for staff in schools in the vocational education committee sector is a matter for determination under the conciliation and arbitration scheme for clerical and administrative staff. Claims relating to the upgrading of an officer from clerical officer (grade 3) to assistant staff officer (grade 4) fall to be determined under this scheme.
In December 1995, IMPACT, which represents school secretaries, submitted a claim under the conciliation and arbitration scheme for the regarding of school secretaries nationally. As agreed with the union this claim falls to be processed under the Programme for Competitiveness and Work. As the claim is a matter of negotiation with the union concerned it would not be appropriate for me to comment further on any issue encompassed by the claim.
