Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set down the number of primary teachers on his Department's payroll who are currently paid a qualification allowance at the pass degree rate. [12258/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is as follows and refers to the school year 2016/2017:

Number of primary school teachers being paid a qualification allowance at the pass rate:

Pass Primary Degree allowance - 6,550

Pass Masters Degree allowance - 96

Pass Higher Diploma in Education allowance - 504.