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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pension Provisions (11 Jul 2023)

Simon Harris: ...pension scheme by researchers in TUs remains under consideration. I understand that my officials have sought updates in recent weeks, while the matter was also discussed at an IR forum with the TUI in April where the need for progress was emphasised. I remain firmly of the view that there should be access to public service pensions for research staff in all higher education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (15 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: ...application for an award of incremental credit application with respect of previous non-teaching service is limited or refused. This independent Committee is comprised of an independent chairperson, a TUI representative, an ASTI representative, representative of school management and two officers of my Department.

Seanad: Academic Precarity: Motion (24 May 2023)

Paul Gavan: ...and training boards across the State are seeking an incremental pay scale, recognition of service and pay parity. They have been campaigning for years and again I salute SIPTU and the Teachers Union of Ireland, TUI. Three years after a Labour Court recommendation that called on the Government to offer these workers proper contracts, they are still waiting. Again, these are Government...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 May 2023)

Bríd Smith: ...Court issued a recommendation to sort out the messy contracts and pay scales and the fact these workers have to sign on during holiday periods. Nothing has been done about it. A month ago at the TUI conference, the Minister said the contract will be with them within days. Since 2020, the Labour Court recommendation has sat in the Department and has not been acted on. These are fine,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Discussion (9 May 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

...support research from the bottom up, supporting researchers from all disciplines and at all stages of their careers. Research simply cannot happen without researchers. However, in the sector TUI represents, there is an unacceptable level of precarious contracts with inferior terms and conditions of employment. Our longstanding claim for pensions for researchers has not yet been...

Seanad: Civil Liability (Schools) Bill 2023: Second Stage (19 Apr 2023)

Rónán Mullen: .... This ... is as a result of schools being concerned about possible liabilities arising on behalf of the school where a child is injured while playing on the premises. The Teachers' Union of Ireland, TUI, submission stated: Many schools are concerned about a litigious culture ... Logical but regrettable responses...include schools being so concerned ... that some have instigated...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (30 Mar 2023)

Niall Collins: ...education tutor and tutors are paid on an hourly rate basis, generally at the unqualified teacher rate. While progress has been made across other issues for adult tutors, the claim from SIPTU and TUI to align adult education tutors to a pay scale of an existing ETB grade remains unresolved. In 2020, the Labour Court recommended that the official side make an offer. A joint proposal has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (7 Mar 2023) See 3 other results from this debate

Paul Kehoe: I now invite Mr. Duffy to make a statement on behalf of the TUI.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (2 Mar 2023)

Mairead Farrell: .... In July 2022, the Government made a promise to them that an offer would be on the table by the end of September but, in spite of all of this, they are still waiting. Only a fortnight ago, the TUI and SIPTU had a meeting here and they informed us that the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research Innovation and Science wants to make them an offer. The real question is what...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Industrial Relations (28 Feb 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Annie Hoey: ...Minister, Deputy Harris. I will briefly outline the state of play and then my colleague, Senator Gavan, will speak more about the issue. Education tutors, SIPTU and the Teachers Union of Ireland, TUI, took a claim to regularise the employment of education tutors, of whom there are approximately 3,500. That claim was taken more than a decade ago. It was first encompassed in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (21 Feb 2023)

Niall Collins: ...and Training Boards are paid on an hourly rate basis, generally at the unqualified teacher rate. While progress has been made across other issues for adult tutors, the claim from SIPTU and TUI to align adult education tutors to a pay scale of an existing ETB grade remains unresolved. In 2020, the Labour Court recommended that the official side make an offer. A joint proposal has...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2023)

...rate and, as the Deputy said, generally at the unqualified teacher rate. Progress has been made on other issues for adult tutors. However, a claim from SIPTU and the Teachers Union of Ireland, TUI, to align adult education teachers to a payscale of an existing ETB grade remains unresolved. In 2020, the Labour Court recommended that the official side make an offer and a joint proposal has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Enrolment in Tertiary Education: Discussion (14 Feb 2023) See 9 other results from this debate

Paul Kehoe: ...of the Irish Federation of University Teachers, IFUT, who is also representing the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, ICTU; and Mr. Colm Kelly, general secretary of the Teachers’ Union of Ireland, TUI. The University College Union, UCU; the Union of Students of Ireland, USI; the National Union of Students, NUS; the Union of Students of Ireland, USI; and SIPTU were invited to appear...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Feb 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...registered post-primary teachers and join mathematics, physics, Spanish and Irish as a subject with a high difficulty in accessing teachers in view of the fact that home economics was reported in a TUI survey from 2022 to be the second most difficult subject for which to find a teacher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5916/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Car Test (19 Jan 2023)

Jack Chambers: ...by extensive recruitment domestically and outside the EU and EEA, and, in the longer term, by training and upskilling programmes, which the RSA has discussed with the Teachers Union of Ireland, TUI. These are not overnight solutions but we can expect that real progress will be made in the coming weeks towards a target to return to an average of 12 days by May 2023, although efforts will...

Teacher Shortages: Motion [Private Members] (7 Dec 2022) See 5 other results from this debate

Richard O'Donoghue: ...recruitment in key areas like Irish, maths, home economics and French is difficult in most second level schools. Most secondary schools have vacancies, according to a survey of principals. A TUI poll of almost 100 principals and deputy principals found that 91% had experienced difficulty in hiring qualified teachers in the past six months. The union has stated that recruitment and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: ...teachers there as is his niece, Donna Broderick. It is certainly in the DNA of the Craughwells, who have been teachers for many a day. Senator Craughwell was president of the Teachers' Union of Ireland, TUI. I am delighted to welcome the pupils, the teachers and the principal, who is with them. It is great to have them here along with the other guests.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Adult Education Provision (1 Dec 2022)

Simon Harris: ...for the ETB Sector, and have prepared a joint proposal, which is currently under consideration by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. Details of the proposal were shared with the TUI and SIPTU representatives last month acknowledging the need for further engagement with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to agree a final approach. The Unions have provided...

Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)

Mick Barry: ...a factor, but the major factor is the housing crisis. What chance does a teacher on a contract of indefinite duration have of renting a property anywhere near a school in a big city? The ASTI, INTO, TUI, Irish Federation of University Teachers and the SIPTU education branch have all joined with Fórsa in calling on teachers to join the protest on Saturday. We are losing teachers and...