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

I raised the issue of pay for substitute teachers three weeks ago. I am still getting queries from substitute teachers who have not been paid proper wages due to what appears to be a mess-up in the Department of Education and Skills. The Minister promised that he would sort it and it has not been sorted. He also promised that he would give information about it. The only information that substitute teachers who are down money have is the information on social media or from when they can get through to the Department or Revenue, which they can find very difficult. I would be grateful if the Minister would tell the Dáil when this will be resolved and when he will pay those wages.

Can he institute a campaign within his Department to let these substitute teachers know what is going on? He is desperate for substitute teachers because there is such a shortage and we should not be doing anything to put them off. They deserve to be paid their wages.

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