Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 34: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views in relation to calls for parity between pay levels for principals in primary and secondary schools; if she would welcome consideration of this matter in the context of the next round of benchmarking; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3017/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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As part of the mid-term review of part two of Sustaining Progress, the parties to the agreement agreed that the benchmarking exercise under the Programme for Prosperity and Fairness was an important initiative in developing a better system of pay determination in the public service. The parties are also agreed that the benchmarking process is an appropriate way of determining public service pay rates in the future. The issue of parity between pay levels for principals in primary and secondary schools is a matter appropriate to the benchmarking body. The benchmarking body will commence the next benchmarking review in the second half of 2005 to report in the second half of 2007.