James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the situation whereby a teacher is hired on a fixed-term contract but is listed as a substitute teacher on their payslip (details supplied) without receiving the pay and conditions of a substitute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33592/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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In the post primary sector there are four categories of non-permanent teaching contracts:

Regular part-time contracted teacher: A regular part-time teacher is appointed where the need for a teacher is viable for at least a year, e.g., covering concessionary hours or for a career break.

Temporary whole-time teacher:A temporary whole-time teacher is appointed to work full hours on a temporary basis, normally for at least one year e.g., replacing a teacher on secondment or where the Department does not sanction a permanent position.

Non-casual part-time teacher:A non-casual part-time teacher is appointed where there is a specific need for a teacher for less than a year but more than 150 hours in total in the year  e.g., covering for a teacher on maternity leave.

Casual part-time teacher:A casual part time teacher is appointed where there is a casual need for hours to be covered e.g., replacing a teacher on short-term sick leave.

Regular part-time contracted teachers and Temporary whole-time teachers are set up on the Department’s payroll by the Post Primary Payroll Section. They are contracted to teach for the entire school year.

In the case of teachers who obtain part-time hours in a casual /non casual capacity in post primary schools, as is the case for the teacher involved, their details and the number of hours worked are input on the On-Line claims System (OLCS) in the school.  Claims and details of part-time hours worked are transferred automatically to the Department’s payroll.  Payments in respect of Substitute and Part Time service is reflected on the payslip as Substitute pay due to printing constraints.  The payslip also contains the number of hours being paid on the payslip under the heading Substitute/Part Time Work.

Substitutes and part-time workers receive the pay and conditions that they are entitled to, for example holiday pay entitlement under Circular 0015/2015.The teacher referred to by the Deputy received their most recent holiday pay entitlement on 22 June 2017.