Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Christmas holiday pay in Dún Laoghaire Rathdown to part-time teachers that was paid as rolled up holiday payment previously is now being paid on 22 January 2017. [40206/16]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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My Department published Circular Letter 0015/2015 in February 2015 to advise schools of revised pay arrangements for casual and non-casual teachers which took effect from the commencement of the 2015/16 school year, following agreement at the Teachers Conciliation Council.

Prior to September 2015, the daily/hourly rates paid to casual and non-casual teachers per/day hour worked included an element in respect of annual leave. This practice is known as “rolled-up holiday pay” and derives from a collective agreement on the appropriate rate of pay for part-time teachers reached at the Teachers Conciliation Council in 2003. Circular 0015/2015 ceased the practice of paying “rolled-up holiday pay” to casual and non-casual teachers and introduced a separate payment in respect of holiday pay. This change was necessary to bring the method of remunerating such teachers into line with the European Union Working Time Directive, following a decision of the European Commission.  It is important to note that the overall remuneration of such teachers was not changed as a result of the Circular.

I have confirmed that teachers comprehended by Circular 0015/2015 who are paid on payrolls operated by my Department were paid holiday pay on 1 December at primary level and on 8 December at post-primary level.

As Education and Training Boards operate their own payrolls in respect of staff employed by the ETB, the Deputy should contact Dublin and Dun Laoghaire ETB for further information in respect of his query.