Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that a fully qualified teacher (details supplied) in County Donegal receives an unqualified rate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58230/22]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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The teacher referred to by the Deputy is a teacher registered as a Primary School teacher with the Teaching Council under Route 1 registration. As such, the teacher concerned receives payment appropriate to a qualified primary school teacher for the sector that she teaches in.

There are two rates of payment where a teacher is registered with the Teaching Council and who work in a substitute capacity i.e. in effect where they are replacing a teacher who is on leave.The rate of pay is determined by whether the absence will be on a short term or long term basis.Where the absence is short term a person is paid a daily rate of pay of €225.50 per day and they will move to a personal rate of pay once they have completed 40 days of work in a school year.Where a teacher will be replacing a teacher on a long-term basis then the personal rate of pay will apply from the beginning of that absence.

The teacher referred to by the Deputy is being correctly paid in accordance with Departmental regulations.

Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that a qualified teacher (details supplied) in County Donegal receives an unqualified rate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58231/22]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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The teacher referred to by the Deputy is registered with the Teaching Council as a Post Primary school teacher under Route 2 registration. The teacher is working in a primary school.Rates of pay are linked to registration with the Teaching Council for the sector where a teacher is undertaking the work.

As the teacher is not registered with the Teaching Council as a primary school teacher and it is a primary school where the work is being undertaken, a lower rate of payment is applied.

The teacher referred to by the Deputy is being correctly paid in accordance with Departmental regulations.