Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 29 September 2026
420. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will clarify when a teacher (details supplied) will have their wages rectified; and if her Department will look into this case as a matter of urgency. [68824/26]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy department provides a payroll service to over 3,700 schools and the Payroll Division relies on schools to submit information in a timely manner to ensure prompt and correct payment of salary.
The department issued the 2026/2027 staffing allocation schedules to schools in March 2026. This provides schools with its teacher allocation for the forthcoming school year and ensures that the school has sufficient planning time for its recruitment.
During a school year, there can be over 10,000 primary school teachers who require payroll adjustments and the majority of those occur during the summer months. Payroll adjustments can include teachers being recruited for the first time by a school, resigning from their school, rolling over their contract from one year to the next, starting or returning from a career break or starting to work in a job-sharing capacity or retiring.
It can take between 6 to 8 weeks to make payroll adjustments. My department committed to ensuring that where schools submitted instructions no later than the 10th July, then salary would be paid to the teacher for the first payday in September. Any instructions that are received after that date will be processed in date order and salary will be paid as soon as possible.
The school did not submit instructions regarding the change to the teachers work pattern. An officer within primary payroll has been in contact with the Principal in relation to this matter. Salary has been adjusted and the teacher will receive her correct pay on 8th October with arrears from 1 September 2026.
