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Teachers who were appointed to Department-funded teaching positions for the first time after January 2011 and those who returned to teaching following retirement after that date are paid according to the below salary scale for 'new entrants' to teaching.

Click here to read Department Circular 0040/2011, which details the pay scales for 'new entrants' to teaching, as well details of how 'new entrants' to teaching are classified.

Teachers first appointed after January 2011 - 'new entrants' - begin on the 1st point of the salary scale and progress incrementally with each year of service. Incremental credit may apply for teachers with relevant recognised service. Click here for more information on incremental credit.

Common Basic Scale

Points on Scale

1.

€27,814

2.

€28,775

3.

€29,737

4.

€30,702

5.

€32,198

6.

€33,168

7.

€34,136

8.

€36,576

9.

€37,795

10.

€39,251

11.

€40,700

12.

€42,160

13.

€43,380

14.

€44,996

15.

€44,996

16.

€44,996

17.

€47,225

18.

€47,225

19.

€47,225

20.

€47,225

21.

€50,170

22.

€50,170

23.

€50,170

24.

€50,170

25.

€53,423

 

Incl. allowance paid after 10 years on maximum of scale

€55,514

Part-Time Hourly Rates

1.

Qualified casual hourly rate (incl. 22% holiday pay)

€40.10

2.

Unqualified hourly rate (incl. 22% holiday pay)

€36.76

3.

Qualified non-casual rate paid to teachers according to their own personal point on the incremental salary scale plus allowances divided by 735. This will give your own personal hourly rate. There is no additional payment for holiday periods as this figure includes 56% holiday pay.

Academic Qualifications

The maximum amount payable in total qualification allowances to a teacher who commenced teaching after 6 December 20111 cannot exceed the amount payable for an honours degree – €4,426.

Allowances are not payable to those who become eligible for receipt of the allowance in question on or after 1 February 2012, pending the outcome of a review by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

Click here to read Q&A on allowances

 

1.(a)

(i)H. Dip in Ed./PGDE (Pass)

€532

(ii)Higher Froebel Certificate

€532

(b)

(i)H.Dip in Ed. / PGDE (1st or 2nd Hons)

€1,112

(ii)Ard Teastas Gaeilge

€1,112

(c)

Primary Degree (Pass)

€1,658

(d)

Masters Degree by thesis or exam (Pass)

€4,426

(e)

Primary Degree (1st, 2nd or 3rd Hons)

€4,426

(f)

Master Degree (1st or 2nd Hons)

€4,946

(g)

Doctors Degree

€5,526

Either of the allowances (a) or (b) may be held together with any one of the allowances (c) to (g).

2.

Allowance payable to teachers with a Primary Degree (Pass) and  the Higher Diploma in Education (1st or 2nd honours) who, prior to 1st July, 1968 were in receipt of an allowance of £110

€3,850

Other Allowances

Allowances are not payable to those who become eligible for receipt of the allowance in question on or after 1 February 2012, pending the outcome of a review by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

Click here to read Q&A on allowances

 

(i)

Teaching through Irish

€1,424

(ii)

Gaeltacht Grant

€2,757

(iii)

Island Allowance

€1,658

(iv)

Allowance for Diploma for Teachers of Deaf Children

€2,193

Allowance for Diploma for Teachers of Blind Children

€2,193

Allowance for Diploma for Teachers of Mentally and Physically Handicapped Children

€2,193

(v)

Special Allowances payable to teachers appointed before 1/1/1987 in  Comprehensive Schools

€2,224

(vi)

Allowance for teachers with 35 years service (long service allowance - payable after 10 years completed on the maximum point of the salary scale)

€2,091

Other In-School Management Allowances

Allowances are not payable to those who become eligible for receipt of the allowance in question on or after 1 February 2012, pending the outcome of a review by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

Click here to read Q&A on allowances

Category

Assistant Principal

€8,520

Special Duties Teacher

€3,769

Special Function Allowances

1

€3,230

2

€4,932

3

€6,520

4

€8,173

5

€8,520

Director of Adult Education

Self-financing part-time Adult Education

(Post of responsibility)

€3,967

€3,769

B

€4,932

C

€6,520

D

€8,173

E

€9,773

F

€11,444

G

€13,051

H

€14,630

I

€15,875

J

€17,088

K

€18,966

L

€20,129

M

€22,645

Principal's Allowances

Category Based on number of teachers

I (1 to 3)

€9,310

II (4 to 5)

€10,432

III (6)

€12,238

IV (7 to 8)

€14,360

V (9 to 10)

€16,705

VI (11 to 12)

€19,084

VII (13 to 15)

€21,386

VIII (16)

€23,714

IX (17 to 19)

€25,427

X (20 to 22)

€27,197

XI (23 to 26)

€29,776

XII (27 to 30)

€31,520

XIII (21 to 35)

€34,893

XIV (36 to 40)

€36,030

XV (41 to 50)

€39,079

XVI (51 to 60)

€40,776

XVII (60+)

€42,469

Deputy Principal's Allowances

Category Based on number of teachers

I (1 to 3)

€3,769

II (4 to 5)

€4,932

III (6)

€6,520

IV (7 to 8)

€8,173

V (9 to 10)

€9,773

VI (11 to 12)

11,444

VII (13 to 15)

€13,051

VIII (16)

€14,630

IX (17 to 19)

€15,875

X (20 to 22)

€17,088

XI (23 to 26)

€18,966

XII (27 to 30)

€20,129

XIII (21 to 35)

€22,645

XIV (36 to 40)

€23,137

XV (41 to 50)

€25,280

XVI (51 to 60)

€26,253

XVII (60+)

€27,217

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