Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 July 2025
866. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science what the current administration, teaching, instructor and management grades are in further education and training; what circular letters, if any, correspond to each of these grades; and what the associated pay scales are (for example, CL 44/99 for VTOS co-ordinator); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35314/25]
View answerThe Department of Education and Youth’s (DEY) Circular Letter 0017/2025 lists all grades employed by Education and Training Boards (ETBs) in Further Education and Training (FET), other than teachers and SNAs. As per Section 19 of the Education and Training Boards Act 2013, DEY issues Circulars relating to grades other than teachers and SNAs employed by ETBs.
There are more than 60 circulars applicable to these grades, covering a broad spectrum of issues, for example, Payment of Tool Allowances to Craft Workers, Carers Leave, Career Breaks, Changes to Domestic Subsistence Rates, Analogous Grades, Incremental Credit, and so on. Further information is available on: www.gov.ie/en/circulars/
Current pay scales for staff employed by ETBs in FET are included in:
• Circular 0017/2025, “Revision of Salaries and Allowances of Certain Grades other than Teachers and SNAs employed by ETBs under The Public Service Agreement 2024 - 2026 effective from 01 March 2025 and Circular 0015/2025”, and
• Circular 0015/2025, “Revision of Teacher Salaries under the Public Service Agreement 2024 – 2026. Application of pay adjustments with effect from 1 March 2025”.
