Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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882. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to revise the pay rates of special needs assistants employed in 2011 who are paid less than those prior to 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41451/14]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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The Public Service Stability Agreement 2013 – 2016 (Haddington Road Agreement) provides that revised salary scales shall be prepared for same grade entrants to the public service (including for example both teachers and special needs assistants) to incorporate the revision of salary scales introduced in 2011, in order to address the imbalance between those who entered the Public Service since 2011 and those who entered before that date.

In this regard, following negotiations held under Section 2.31 of the Haddington Road Agreement, my Department issued circular 0058/2014 outlining changes to the incremental salary scale and part-time rates for special needs assistants who entered the public service on or after 1 January 2011.

This Circular is available by clicking on the following link to my Department's website.