James O'Connor (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to ensure that a school secretary (details supplied) will be transferred to DES payroll; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12072/24]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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I understand that there are currently two school secretaries working in Park National School. The first, who has been employed since the end of 2018 did not accept the terms of the new agreement for school secretaries as outlined in Circular 0036/2022 – Revision of Salaries and Annual Leave arrangements for School Secretaries employed in recognised primary and post primary schools and remains directly paid by the school through the grant system. The second secretary, employed by the school in January 2023, is being paid through my Department’s payroll for 4 hours per week.

A further opportunity will be given to all school secretaries who did not originally accept the terms of Circular 0036/2022, to do so before the beginning of the next school year. Secretaries who accept will be onboarded to my Department’s payroll in September 2024. My Department will be issuing further information regarding this process before the end of the 2023/24 school year.