Carol Nolan (Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current salary of the CEO of the Teaching Council of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26128/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The salary scale applying to the post of Director of the Teaching Council is Principal Officer (Higher) (PPC) (€87,741-€107,410).

However, the current Director is a serving civil servant on secondment to the Teaching Council from a government department, where he holds the grade of Director (Civil Service). In accordance with the secondment arrangement, the Director retains the salary due to him in his substantive grade of Director (Civil Service) (PPC) (€99,845-€119,514). This is paid to him by his parent department, which recoups from the Teaching Council the amount of his salary equivalent to the post of Director of the Council.

Carol Nolan (Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the CEO of the Teaching Council is entitled to a contract of indefinite duration under the fixed-term work Act 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26129/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The Teaching Council had a concern as to whether the appointment of the Director for a second term would give rise to a contract of indefinite duration. My Department clarified the contractual terms, which provide for a fixed-term contract in the context of the continuation of a secondment arrangement. Subsequently the Council reappointed the Director for a five year fixed-term from 14 May 2017.