Written answers
Thursday, 22 September 2022
Department of Education and Skills
Education and Training Boards
Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case of an education and training board employee (details supplied) who has been advised that they will not receive wages until mid-October 2022 due to an issue with the payroll system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46409/22]
Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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Education Shared Business Services (ESBS) is a stand-alone section that comes under the remit of the Department of Education. The ESBS has been set up to host some of the Shared Service operations to be provided directly by the Department under its Shared Services Plan.
12 ETBs have now migrated their Payrolls to ESBS with LCETB in line to become the 13th ETB to migrate their Payroll to ESBS in October 2022. MSLETB migrated their Payroll to ESBS during 2021.
ESBS pay staff from MSLETB on the same pay dates and frequencies as had transpired prior to the migration of the MSLETB Payroll to ESBS. Accordingly, ESBS pay MSLETB part-time Tutors and Teachers on the 19thof each month for hours worked up to the last Friday of the previous month. Accordingly, hours worked from 29thAugust 2022 – 30thSeptember 2022 inclusive will be processed and paid on 19thOctober 2022. Hours worked from 1st October 2022 – 28th October 2022 inclusive, will be processed and paid on 19thNovember 2022.
This payment schedule aligns with the standardised payment schedule within ESBS which was approved by the ESBS ETB Payroll Project Steering Committee which includes representatives of the ETB Sector.
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