Review of Teacher Allowances

In 2012 there was a public service-wide review of allowances and premium payments – including allowances for teachers.  All new allowances were suspended pending that review.  Circular Letter 0008/2013 details the outcome of that review as it applies to teachers.

Unclaimed Qualification Allowances

In situations where a teacher had an entitlement to a qualification allowance prior to 05th December 2011 and has failed to claim this allowance, this should be done within a period of 3 months from the date of CL 0008/2013 i.e. by 25/04/2013.

For further information on entitlements to qualification allowances, see Appendices 4-7 to the Circular.  It should be noted that these appendices do not apply in the case of teachers employed on a casual basis.

***Circular Letter 0008/2013 now supercedes Circular Letter 0003/2012 (as it applies to teachers) & Circular Letter 0070/2011.

Please click on the links below to view or download relevant Circular Letters:

• CL 0008-2013 Budget 2012 – Public Service-Wide Review of Allowances & Premium Payments
• CL 0135-2006 Payment of an Allowance to Recognised Post-Primary Teachers who hold a Graduate or Higher Diploma in Special Educational Needs

Please click on the links below to view or download relevant Application Forms:

• Application Form for Payment of a Qualification Allowance to Registered Teachers
• Application Form for Payment of a Relevant Qualification Allowance to Registered Teachers Employed in Special Needs Positions

MOST FREQUENTLY ASKED WWETB QUERIES SINCE ISSUE OF CL 0008/2013

Qualified WWETB Teachers employed in Oireachtas funded posts

 2010 Qualified Teacher Rates of Pay: 

•  Teacher first employed in a fully qualified* (and after September 2010 – T.C. registered) teaching post before 1^st January 2011.
• *Appropriately qualified for the post/sector to which appointed.

 2011 Qualified Teacher Rates of Pay

• Teacher first employed in a fully qualified* (and after September 2010 – T.C. registered) teaching post from 1^st January 2011 to 4^th December, 2011 (both dates inclusive).
• *Appropriately qualified for the post/sector to which appointed.

 2011 Qualified Teacher Rates of Pay – with Cap on Qualification Allowances

• Teacher first employed in a fully qualified* (and after September 2010 – T.C. registered) teaching post from 5^th December 2011 to 31^st January 2012 (both dates inclusive).  Cap on allowances to maximum combined value of honours undergraduate degree level.  (If, at first appointment, teacher was eligible for allowance(s) below equivalent monetary value of honours undergraduate degree level then no additional allowances will  be paid if s/he acquires a further qualification – see CL 0008/2013  for full details).
• *Appropriately qualified for the post/sector to which appointed.

2012 Qualified Teacher Rates of Pay

•  Teacher first employed in a fully qualified* (and after September 2010 – T.C. registered) teaching post from 1^st February, 2012.
• *Appropriately qualified for the post/sector to which appointed.

Person employed in a teaching post in an UNQUALIFIED capacity and who became eligible for the qualified rate of pay on or after 1st February 2012  will be placed on the February 2012 pay scales from the date on which s/he was appropriately qualified and registered.   No allowances will be paid regardless of qualified status in another sector.  Incremental credit may be payable for qualified service in another sector (Primary, Secondary, Community,  Comprehensive and ETB).

 

Hourly Rate of Pay for Casual Qualified Post-Primary Teachers

Hourly rates of pay for casual part-time and casual substitute appropriately qualified and registered teachers – for first 150 such hours in a school year:

 2010 Qualified Casual Teacher Rate of Pay:

• Teacher first employed in a fully qualified* (and after September 2010 – T.C. registered) teaching post before 1^st January 2011 =  €46.85 per hour.
• *Appropriately qualified for the post/sector to which appointed.

 2011 Qualified Casual Teacher Rate of Pay:

• Teacher first employed in a fully qualified* (and after September 2010 – T.C. registered) teaching post from 1^st January 2011 to 31^st January, 2012 (both dates inclusive) = €40.10 per hour.
• *Appropriately qualified for the post/sector to which appointed.

 2012 Qualified Teacher Rates of Pay:

• Teacher first employed in a fully qualified* (and after September 2010 – T.C. registered) teaching post from 1^st February, 2012 = €38. 87 per hour.
• *Appropriately qualified for the post/sector to which appointed.

 

UNQUALIFIED  HOURLY  RATE  OF  PAY:

Payable to:

• An unqualified person

OR

• Unregistered person in a teaching post regardless of qualifications held

OR

 A registered teacher who is not appropriately qualified for the position/sector to which s/he is appointed.

 2010 Unqualified Rate of Pay:

• Person first employed in an unqualified Oireachtais funded post before 1^st January 2011 :  € 40.85 per hour.

  2011 Unqualified Rate of Pay:

• Person first employed in an unqualified Oireachtais funded post from 1^st January, 2011 to 31^stJanuary, 2012 (both dates inclusive):  €36.76 per hour.

2012 Unqualified Rate of Pay:

• Person first employed in an unqualified Oireachtais funded post from 1^st February 2012):  €36. 76 per hour.