Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provision being made for the substitute teachers who will have no income as the schools remain closed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1317/21]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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Substitute teachers in primary and second level schools are employed by the managerial authorities of the schools.  The payment arrangements that applied for substitute teachers when schools were closed in March 2020 due to the national lockdown will apply for the school closure period in January 2021.

These arrangements provide that substitute teachers who are contracted by the managerial authorities of the schools for employment in January 2021 will be paid for the duration of their contracts.