Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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The criteria for the award of incremental credit are set out in the Department’s Circulars 10/2001 for Primary teachers, 29/2007 and 29/2010 for Post-Primary teachers. The criteria for the award of incremental credit to recognised teachers was agreed under the auspices of the Teachers Conciliation Council (TCC).

To qualify for an award of incremental credit, a teacher and their prior work experience being claimed must satisfy the eligibility criteria set out in the relevant circular. An award of incremental credit cannot be made where the eligibility criteria is not satisfied.

When an application for incremental credit is received in the Department, it is checked to ensure that it is fully completed. Applications are managed in date received order.

Applications can take up to 20 weeks to be fully processed but most are dealt with well within this timeframe. Factors that impact on this processing time include incomplete application forms and conflicting information on the application form. Please be advised that if a teacher meets the criteria set out in Circulars 10/2001 for Primary teachers, 29/2007 and 29/2010 for Post-Primary teachers, incremental credit will be awarded and any monies due paid accordingly.

With regard to the person named, my Department received a number of applications with regards to both teaching and relevant non-teaching service from the person named. The application for the relevant non-teaching service has been processed and awarded by my Department.

The applications with regards to teaching service submitted were not complete which has lead to a delay in processing these applications. My Department has recently completed processing of a number of these applications with regards to teaching service and decision letters will issue from my Department in relation to these. My Department will also be in correspondence with the person named with regards to the status of the remaining applications.