Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 340: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the rate of payment to a secondary school teacher working as a substitute in a primary school; and if there is a limit on the length of time they can work in this situation. [16005/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The current rate of pay for a secondary trained teacher employed on a casual basis in a primary school is €201.68 per day.

A Board of Management of a primary school is obliged to recruit and employ fully qualified teachers for any vacancy in a school irrespective of the duration.

Where a Board is unable to obtain the services of a fully qualified primary teacher to serve in a casual/non casual capacity, they may employ a post primary qualified teacher.

Teachers employed in a casual /non-casual basis are generally employed for short periods and the Board of Management must try and obtain the services of a fully qualified primary teacher for each period of employment.