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Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: Returning to the question the Deputy asked originally about the industrial dispute arising from the withdrawal from supervision and substitution duties, money is on the table to deal with the issue.

Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: In respect of the deal negotiated under previous pay agreements, there is a component of €1,500 per annum for teachers who involve themselves in supervision and substitution duties.

Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy knows that.

Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: If the Deputy expects a board of management-----

Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: I will engage with you.

Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: If Deputy Seamus Healy expects a board of management to open a school without providing for adequate supervision of students or staff, it will not do so because of health and safety regulations.

Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: This is a matter that can be resolved. As I said, money is on the table to pay teachers now.

Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: The dispute resulted directly from the ASTI withdrawing from working an extra hour. Money for supervision and substitution payments is available.

Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy is going well when he can bring William Martin Murphy and General O'Duffy into the dispute. Deputy Healy is a good student of history and must have done his homework well.

Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: He is wrong, however, when he says the Minister and the Department have locked students and teachers out of schools. Boards of management are responsible for the opening of schools and for seeing that there is proper supervision in hallways, schoolyards and classrooms.

Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: The Minister has not closed down schools. The issue of supervision and substitution has arisen because the ASTI unilaterally withdrew from the collective agreement to work one hour extra per week.

Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: That one hour was for parent-teacher meetings to be held during school hours to accommodate everybody. The pay of teachers in the INTO and the TUI includes a component of over €1,500 per year for supervision and substitution, as part of a negotiated deal through the system of collective agreements. That amount was and is available to the ASTI and would have been paid to its members...

Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: Nobody can disagree with the sentiment of what Deputy Collins is speaking about. The Civil Defence, mountain rescue teams, the RNLI and the Coast Guard service provide extraordinary benefits to the people. The Coast Guard service is especially relevant at this time because of the loss of an esteemed and valued member recently in County Clare. I should point out to Deputy Collins there has...

Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: As I have stated, the people who give of their time voluntarily for the Civil Defence, mountain rescue teams, the lifeboat service and the Coast Guard service are to be admired for their extraordinary commitment and courage. If we decide to legislate for a voluntary group we need to consider its implications very carefully. It is fair to say the Coast Guard service is very professional and...

Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams referred to the question of the difference in pay, particularly for new entrant teachers. This matter is of particular concern to those who are caught in this particular trap.

Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: The TUI and the INTO sat down with officials, in the context of the Lansdowne Road agreement, and negotiated a great deal of benefit, monetary benefit, and a strategy for the future. That means that in the case of new entrant members, their pay will increase by 15% between 31 August 2016 and 1 January 2018, from €31,009 to €35,602. An individual member recruited since 1...

Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: I would point out that a previous administration took away the incremental payments for graduate nurses and it has taken all these years to get that rectified, and it was rectified in negotiations with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. This is an opportunity for ASTI members, and particularly for those young new entrants into teaching, to have pay increases, of a very...

Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: On supervision and substitution, at the heart of that industrial dispute is the withdrawal by the ASTI from working an extra hour per week.

Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: What was working that extra hour about?

Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: In many cases it was about arranging parent-teacher meetings in such a way that they could be held outside school hours, which would have accommodated everybody, as well as supervision in corridors, schoolyards and so on. It is all very fine to say, "Open the schools." Boards of management are required to ensure adequate supervision and safety in corridors, schoolyards and so on. On that...