Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal West, Sinn Fein)
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190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail the circumstances in which a school secretary who is employed since 1996 can work past 70 years of age with the agreement of the board of management; if she will provide details of the forms or procedures to be followed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22491/25]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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There are a number of employment arrangements in place for school secretaries, including:-

• secretaries who were employed under a limited scheme introduced by the government of the time in 1978/1979, which was discontinued in 1985;
• secretaries employed in Community and Comprehensive Schools;
• secretaries employed in ETB schools whose terms and conditions are governed by the appropriate ETB;
• secretaries whose pay arrangements are managed under the provisions of Circular 0036/2022; and
• secretaries who have elected to continue having their salary funded by ancillary grant funding.