Charlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)
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572. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of employing 100 new secondary school teachers. [46237/15]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)
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574. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of employing an entry grade teacher in a primary school, a secondary school and a college of further education. [46239/15]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 572 and 574 together.

The current estimated cost of employing an entry grade teacher, including the cost of Employer's PRSI, is: primary school - €46,000; and secondary school - €48,800.

Teachers appointed for the first time to a fixed term or permanent position have generally worked in a casual capacity previously. This is reflected in the rates quoted above.

The current estimated cost of employing 100 new secondary school teachers is approximately €4.5m.

My Department provides grants to Education and Training Boards (ETBs) to pay its teachers, special needs assistants, administrative and maintenance staff. The pay grant covers the cost of sanctioned posts directly on an ETB's payroll at authorised rates of pay. As each ETB runs and maintains its own payroll, information on the cost of employing specific sub-categories of teaching staff is not readily available to the Department.