Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

This question seeks to ask whether the Minister for Education and Skills will implement equality of payscales for newly qualified teachers. This is a running issue. I acknowledge some progress has been made on it, and I was pleased to be able to utilise the pressure of the Fianna Fáil Party in this regard. We have a commitment on this. It is an issue that is affecting morale in many schools, despite the progress, because people will not be happy, and rightly so, until full equality of payscales is achieved.

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