Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 28 February 2013
Public Accounts Committee
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 18 - Salary Overpayments to Teachers
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills
12:40 pm
Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú:
If the proposal as suggested is implemented there would be a number of efficiencies for us, as well as complexities. One of the efficiencies is that the 37-hour supervision and substitution scheme would no longer be a separate scheme and would be part of the general work of a teacher. Furthermore, some of the substitution categories would be reduced, so there would be a reduced call on substitution and, therefore, fewer claims for substitution cover.