Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide without delay a person's (details supplied) sick leave record from its earliest date and the personal record of the person's temporary rehabilitation remuneration entitlements to date, setting out when the latter began and will expire, given that this person urgently requires same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9405/16]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The current sick leave scheme provides that sick leave may be granted by an employer to a teacher who is unable to perform his/her duties because of illness or injury. The terms of the sick leave scheme are contained in my Department's Circular 0053/2015 Sick Leave Scheme for Registered Teachers in Recognised Primary and Post-Primary Schools.

Paragraph 12.4 of Circular 0053/2015 states "A detailed statement of all sick leave absences should be supplied to each teacher by the employer on request and at least one report should be provided annually. This information is available on the OLCS/relevant ETB system".

In accordance with the Education Act 1998 (as amended by the Education (Amendment) Act 2012), teachers are employed by the school management authority of each individual school.

As an exceptional matter officials from my Department have issued the information sought directly to the teacher.