Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 671: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will intervene on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal who cannot receive the higher pay increment for teachers, as they received their postgraduate education in Northern Ireland, where the course is awarded on a pass/fail basis; her views on meeting with her Northern counterpart to discuss this situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11224/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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An allowance is paid where a teacher achieves an overall award of at least second class honours in the Higher Diploma in Education. My Department has arrangements in place to facilitate payment of this allowance where a teacher obtains the Post Graduate Certificate in Education from a UK or Northern Ireland College if the mark achieved in that Certificate is 55% or higher. This can be established by the teacher providing the employer with a letter from the Registrar of that College confirming the marks achieved.

Question No. 672 answered with Question No. 668.