Charlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will set out in tabular form the starting salary grade for a newly employed teacher at both primary and post primary level for each year from 2005 to 2012; the available allowances to a newly employed teacher; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42521/12]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The starting points on the Common Basic Scale and the allowances available to newly employed teachers prior to the recent Government decision on allowances are set out in the attached table. Not all of the allowances listed were available to every teacher as entitlement was based on the qualifications held by the individual and/or the nature of the post for which they were employed.
Prior to 1 January 2011, teachers who completed a three year teacher-training course commenced on the second point of the salary scale. Teachers who completed a four year training course commenced on the third point, as did post primary teachers with a Higher Diploma in Education (or equivalent). New entrant teachers with effect from 1 January 2011 started on the first point of the scale.

Following the recent Government decision, certain allowances are no longer payable to new beneficiaries. New entrant teachers with effect from 1 February 2012 will not receive qualification allowances, but will start on a salary which is equivalent to the fourth point of the existing scale.

Teachers' Common Basic Scale

*Only one of these allowances at (a) or (b) may be held together with one of the allowances at (c) to (g).

**Teachers first employed in the public sector on or after the 5th December 2011 and 31st January 2012 (inclusive) will be assessed for allowances on the basis of their qualifications at entry to the profession to a maximum combined allowance equivalent to that payable for an honours primary degree.