Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 November 2016
132. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills the starting salary and allowances in place for teachers as and from 1 January 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33750/16]
Amharc ar fhreagra133. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills the starting salary and allowances in place for teachers as and from 1 November 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33751/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 132 and 133 together.
The typical starting pay for a primary teacher in 2010 was €36,890, comprising of basic salary of €31,972 and an honours degree allowance of €4,918. Such teachers may also have been entitled to incremental credit for other service. The teacher could also have received an additional payment of €1,769 per annum if they had opted in to the Supervision and Substitution scheme.
The typical starting pay for a post-primary teacher in 2010 teacher was €39,195, comprising of basic salary of €33,041 and an honours degree allowance of €4,918 and an allowance for the Higher Diploma in Education of €1,236. Such teachers may also have been entitled to incremental credit for other service. The teacher could also have received an additional payment of €1,769 per annum if they had opted in to the Supervision and Substitution scheme.
Where a teacher commences employment at either primary and post-primary levels on 1 November 2016, those teachers who are covered by the Lansdowne Road Agreement start on a salary of €31,805 as the first moiety of the Supervision and Substitution payment has been included in the pay scale for such teachers. Teachers who are outside the Lansdowne Road Agreement have not had that moiety included in the pay scale and therefore have a starting salary of €31,009.
The typical starting pay from January 2018 onwards for a primary and post-primary teacher who is covered by the Lansdowne Road Agreement will be €35,602 due to the recent agreement with TUI and INTO in the context of the Lansdowne Road Agreement.
The agreement substantially addresses the current difference in pay between those recruited since 2011 and those recruited since 2012. It will result in increases of up to €2,000 per year for new teachers at the start of their careers. The increase varies depending on the point of scale that a teacher is on - the highest increase being €7,700 and the increase at the maximum of the scale being €4,300. It is estimated that over a teacher’s career the value of these increases will be €135,000.
The revised salary arrangement will be implemented in two phases on 1 January 2017 and 1 January 2018.
When other Lansdowne Road increases are also factored in, there will be a 15% increase in the starting pay of new entrant teachers between 31 August 2016 and 1 January 2018 (from €31,009 to €35,602). For an individual TUI/INTO member who started teaching in September 2015, they will see a 22% increase in their pay (including increment) between 31 August 2016 and 1 January 2018 (from €31,009 to €37,723). In terms of career earnings, this deal in addition to measures already agreed will restore approximately three quarters of the reductions for new entrants put in place since 2011.
The full text of the agreement is available on my Department’s website at the following address: http://www.education.ie/en/Education-Staff/Information/Public-Service-Stability-Agreement-Haddington-Road/New-Entrant-Pay-Issue-and-Related-Commitments.pdf
The Government has also committed to establishing a Public Service Pay Commission to examine pay levels across the public service, including entry levels of pay. The Government also supports the gradual, negotiated repeal of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Acts, having due regard to the priority to improve public services and in recognition of the essential role played by public servants.
