Written answers
Tuesday, 29 November 2022
Department of Education and Skills
Adult Education Provision
Marian Harkin (Sligo-Leitrim, Independent)
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530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 108 of 19 May 2022, if she will provide an update on a joint proposal (details supplied) aimed at resolving these outstanding issues for adult education tutors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59162/22]
Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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The claim to align tutors to a pay scale of an existing grade in Education and Training Boards remains unresolved. The Labour Court recommended in 2020 that the official side identify the scale of cost it was prepared or able to absorb and make an offer within those parameters given the constraints applying under FEMPI legislation and the Public Service Stability Agreement in relation to cost-increasing claims.
My officials have engaged with colleagues in the Department of Education, which has regulatory responsibility for the ETB Sector, on a joint proposal. This proposal is the subject of ongoing discussions between my officials and colleagues in the Departments of Education and Public Expenditure and Reform.
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