Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 242: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make arrangements that persons who are employed as special needs assistants can receive increments in respect of previous service within administrative grades of the public service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37175/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has agreed the terms of the recently published scheme for the award of incremental credit to Special Needs Assistants. The scheme was agreed following discussions between my Department, the Department of Finance and the Unions concerned.

The purpose of the scheme is to reflect in the remuneration of a Special Needs Assistant the value of previous experience relevant to the current work.