Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be another round of extensions for senior secondary school teachers this summer; if he will provide an update in this matter. [9664/14]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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It is assumed that the Deputy is referring to subsection (1)(b)(ii) of section 9 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2013, which allows the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to extend the "grace period" during which pension awards to persons who retire from public service jobs are protected against, in particular, the pay reductions applied under that Act. This grace period is due to expire on 31 August 2014. The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform has not made any order extending the grace period, and it is not the Minister's policy to comment on the likelihood of any such extension.