Aindrias Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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827. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on new contracts being effective for September 2024 for Education and Training Board tutors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29799/24]

Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy is aware, a proposal issued to staff representatives last year to establish a new grade of adult educator, with a standardised pay scale aligned with the Youthreach Resource Person scale. A number of issues arose in subsequent negotiations with staff representatives on the implementation of the proposal. These issues have since been resolved and agreement reached on a revised offer to tutors employed by Education and Training Boards in Adult, Community and Further Education settings.

Existing adult education tutors have the option of moving to the new incremental pay scale with effect from 1st April 2023 or remaining on their current terms and conditions. Assimilation to the adult educator scale will be based on the tutors’ current rates of pay and their full-time equivalence will be based on their current contracted hours. The contractual obligations of adult educators will be to deliver 1,044 contact hours and an associated 782 non-contact hours, equating to 1,826 hours for a whole time post.

Tutors on fixed term contracts will be issued with adult educator contracts on renewal of their contracts and all newly hired adult educators will be appointed to the new grade and commence on the first point of the scale.

The Education and Training Boards were notified of the implementation arrangements in April and they are currently overseeing the process of offering the choice to existing tutors with a view to new contracts being in place in the next academic year.