Terence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding college lecturers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26945/14]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Individual higher education institutions have autonomous responsibility for the management of their staff resources. While teaching hour norms are specified under standard agreed contracts for academic staff in the institute of technology sector, in the case of the university sector there would be a variation of individual teaching loads as part of overall academic duties. I have made enquiries however on the query raised by the Deputy and my officials are unaware of the existence of eleven month contracts in any third level institution.