Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 967: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to a pay claim (details supplied). [15380/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The Teachers Union of Ireland sought to have a pay claim on behalf of the Directors of the Outdoor Education Centres raised at the Teachers Conciliation Council. The independent chairperson to the Council determined that it was not appropriate for issues concerning the Directors of these Centres to be considered in that forum.

Steps are currently being taken to amend the Industrial Relations Act, 1990, which would allow VEC staff, including the Directors of these Centres, access to the Labour Relations Commission and the Labour Court. The Department had agreed to allow the matter to be referred to the Labour Relations Commission on an ad-hoc basis, but no agreement was reached during these discussions.