Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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594. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will seek an urgent response from the terms and conditions section in relation to the matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33625/22]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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I refer to your further correspondence in relation to a named individual’s (details supplied) Qualification Allowance entitlement.

The position remains the same as previously outlined in the follow up response to Parliamentary Question No. 59779 of 2021 which was communicated to this teacher in February of this year.

As previously stated “To be eligible for payment of an additional qualification allowance under the terms of the Circular, in respect of awards after 5th December 2011, a teacher must have been actively undertaking the course of further study on 5th December 2011”.

The teacher was not actively undertaking the Postgraduate Diploma in Education course at NUI Maynooth on 5th December 2011, I must advise you that therefore he does not meet the criteria outlined in Circular 0008/2013 for payment of the allowance." There are no exceptions to this provision.

I hope this clarifies the position for you.