Peter Mathews (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 214: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that non-teaching staff in a private school whose wages are not paid by the Exchequer are excluded in the reduction in public sector wages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20105/11]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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Recognised schools, whether public or private, are defined as public service bodies within the meaning of, and for the purposes of, the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No 2) Act 2009. Once staff are employed by a public service body they must be subject to the provision of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No 2) Act 2009 irrespective of the sourcing of the funds from which they are paid. In summary, it is the nature of the employing body, not the source of the funding, which determines the application of the provisions of the Act.