Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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The position is that the individual concerned was absent from work on sick leave from 10/02/2022 to 17/06/2022.When an individual is absent on sick leave, their salary will consist of two parts, i) where the individual claims Illness Benefit from the Dept. of Social Protection and ii) where the Department pays the remainder of the salary.

It is the responsibility of the individual to ensure that they have forwarded the relevant forms to DSP.

The school notifies the Dept. of individual's absences via the On Line Claims System. Once the Dept. is notified of the sick leave absence, the Dept. makes a deduction from salary which is equivalent to the amount of Illness Benefit that the individual will claim from the Dept. of Social Protection.Depending on the timing of the notification of the absences to the Dept., there may be some delay in the Dept. adjusting the salary.The set rate of payment received by a claimant from DSP will compensate for this deduction.

The following table sets out the payroll deductions that have been applied in relation to the period of sick leave taken in this specific case:

The final deduction of €69.33 is due on 21/07/22 which will conclude the deductions from salary for this absence.

It should also be noted that where an individual is in receipt of reduced rate of illness benefit due to income levels or insufficient contributions and not eligible to receive illness benefit, they should notify the Department of Education of this by forwarding a copy of the DSP decision letter to Illness Benefit Unit, Department of Education, Athlone, Co. Westmeath, N37 X659 as soon as possible. The daily deduction rate will be adjusted on receipt of this notification.