Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a circular detailing pay scales for new entrants to teaching (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57898/12]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The most significant adjustment to teacher pay arising from the recent Government decision on allowances is that new entrant teachers will not receive qualification allowances but will start on a new salary scale, the first point of which is equivalent to the fourth point of the existing scale. This new salary scale will apply in the case of all teachers who are new appointees to teaching on or after 1 February 2012.

The introduction of this new salary scale has been a complex task which has required a detailed implementation process. A circular on implementation of the Government decision as it applies to teachers is due to issue shortly from my Department.