Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)
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260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used by the Education Training Boards in the county of Dublin, city of Dublin, Limerick and Clare and Ccty of Cork for deciding the starting incremental point of a resource person on the resource person's salary scale. [3800/14]

Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)
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261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of newly appointed resource persons that were employed in Youthreach centres of education since 2005 to date in 2014 by the Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board; the number of newly appointed resource persons during this period who started on point one of the resource persons incremental scale; the number of newly appointed resource persons during this period who started above point one of the resource persons incremental scale; and the highest increment that was awarded to a newly appointed resource person during this period by the Limerick and Clare Education Training Board. [3801/14]

Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)
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262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of newly appointed resource persons that were employed in youthreach centres of education since 2005 to date in 2014 by the City of Cork Education and Training Board; the number of newly appointed resource persons during this period who started on point one of the resource persons incremental scale; the number of newly appointed resource persons during this period who started above point one of the resource persons incremental scale; and the highest increment awarded to a newly appointed resource person during this period by the City of Cork Education Training Board. [3802/14]

Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 260 to 262, inclusive, together.

City of Cork Education and Training Board has informed my Department that 17 Resource Persons were appointed to the Youthreach programme since 2005. These were appointed on the following points of the Resource Persons pay scale: 14 at point 1, 1 at point 2, 1 at point 4 and 1 at point 7.

Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board has informed my Department that 29 Resource Persons were appointed to the Youthreach programme since 2005. These were appointed on the following points of the Resource Persons pay scale: 13 at point 1, 1 at point 2, 4 at point 3, 3 at point 4, 1 at point 5, 2 at point 6, 1 at point 7, 1 at point 8, 1 at point 10 and 2 at the maximum point.

Youthreach Resource Persons are employed locally by the Education and Training Boards (ETBs). ETBs may award incremental credit to newly appointed Youthreach Resource Persons based on their previous experience and employment.