Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will send the Secretary General the specifics because, like every other Oireachtas Member in my area, I have been trying to sort out the matter. It is not merely a personal difficulty.

I have a quick question on overpayment of teachers' salaries. It is a question I ran into previously and it is a complex area. It has nothing to do with the report about teachers' salaries and how the office is run. Does a teacher who goes on maternity leave get maternity benefit or is there a recoupment from the Department of Social Protection? Such teachers would be entitled to maternity benefit but if the Department continues to pay their salaries, does it get a recoupment from the Department of Social Protection? Will the Secretary General tell the committee how this system works?