Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)
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Question 263: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when part-time teachers at a school (details supplied) in County Limerick will receive contracts of employment in accordance with legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9660/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Arising from the Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001, a part-time fully qualified teacher employed for the full school year to provide teaching for a specified number of hours during each week, may be awarded a pro rata contract. A pro rata contract will normally run from 1 September to 31 August.

A letter has recently issued from my Department to the VEC concerned confirming that it may proceed to award pro rata contracts to part-time teachers in the school in question where such teachers meet the criteria set out in Circulars 20/03 and 17/04 concerning the implementation of the Part-Time Workers Act 2001.