Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail)
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190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a rent allowance scheme similar to that of An Garda Síochána for teachers living in Dublin. [51598/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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The Government approved a number of measures relating to public service allowances following a public service-wide review of allowances and premium payments conducted by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in 2012. As a result, a number of allowances were withdrawn from new beneficiary public servants, including teachers.

A rent allowance was not payable to teachers previously and there is no plan to introduce a rent allowance scheme for teachers.