Ref No: 90021

To:Chief Executive Officer,

Tipperary Rural & Business Development Institute.

Circular Letter No: IT 21/04

Revision of Pay - Sustaining Progress December 2004

I am directed by the Minister for Education and Science to refer to the application in the Education Sector of a pay increase of 2% under section 19.18 of Sustaining Progress, with effect from 1st December 2004. Sanction is hereby conveyed for the increase to be applied to the basic pay of the grades of staff whose salary scales accompany this circular letter.

This circular letter does not apply to groups of staff that are subject to the parallel benchmarking process. A separate sanction will issue at the appropriate time for the payment of this increase to those staff.

The payment of the 2% increase is dependent, in the case of each organisation and grade, on verification of co-operation with flexibility an ongoing change, satisfactory implementation of an agenda for modernisation, maintenance of stable industrial relations and absence of industrial action in respect of any matters covered by the Sustaining Progress Agreement. In this context the Education Sector Performance Verification Group (ESPVG) has carried out an assessment of the extent of progress and co-operation reported by the IOT Partnership Forum and has recommended that payment of the relevant pay increase due on the 1st December 2004 as provided for in paragraph 19.18 of Sustaining Progress is warranted.

Revision of Pay

Subject to the provisions of this sanction an increase of 2% due under Section 19.18 of Sustaining Progress is being applied with effect from 1stDecember 2004 to the basic pay of the categories of staff whose pay scales are attached herewith.

Allowances

Allowances in the nature of pay payable for staff to whom this circular letter applies may be increased by 2% with effect from 1st December 2004.

Children’s allowances, both standard and ex-gratia should not be increased.

Part-time staff

The pay of part-time staff may be revised, in accordance with normal arrangements, by reference to the pay of wholetime staff to which they are related for pay purposes.

General

The final payment of Benchmarking increases and future payments under Sustaining Progress are dependent, in the case of each organisation and grade, on verification of co-operation with flexibility and ongoing change, maintenance of stable industrial relations and absence of industrial action in respect of any matters covered by Sustaining Progress. Payment is dependent on verification of satisfactory achievement of targets to be achieved in relation to ongoing change and flexibility.

Pensions

Sanction is hereby also conveyed for the application of the 2% increase payable from 1st December 2004 to pensioners on the same terms and conditions as apply to serving employees.

Queries regarding this Circular Letter should be e-mailed to:-

Gerry Murray,

Principal Officer.

30thNovember 2004.

Tipperary Rural and Business Development Institute
GRADE / Scale 1/7/04 / Revised Scale 1/12/04
Chief Executive / €89,812 / €91,608
€92,841 / €94,698
€95,861 / €97,778
€99,455 / €101,444
€102,993 / €105,053
€105,969 / €108,088
€108,938 / €111,117
Programme Manager / €70,897 / €72,315
€72,602 / €74,054
€74,302 / €75,788
€76,002 / €77,522
€77,705 / €79,259
€79,408 / €80,996
€81,107 / €82,729
€82,997 / €84,657
€84,887 / €86,585
€86,968 / €88,707
Programme Specialist / €46,940 / €47,879
€48,632 / €49,605
€50,321 / €51,327
€52,009 / €53,049
€53,701 / €54,775
€55,389 / €56,497
€57,077 / €58,219
€58,768 / €59,943
€60,459 / €61,668
€62,337 / €63,584
€64,214 / €65,498
€66,091 / €67,413
€68,156 / €69,519
€70,223 / €71,627
€72,287 / €73,733
GRADE / Scale 1/7/04 / Revised Scale 1/12/04
Gr IV Administration / €24,594 / €25,086
€26,385 / €26,913
€28,197 / €28,761
€29,546 / €30,137
€30,851 / €31,468
€32,611 / €33,263
€33,887 / €34,565
€35,180 / €35,884
1st Long Service Increment / €36,371 / €37,098
2nd Long Service Increment / €37,569 / €38,320
Grade III Administration / €20,128 / €20,531
€21,073 / €21,494
€22,016 / €22,456
€22,961 / €23,420
€23,907 / €24,385
€24,851 / €25,348
€25,794 / €26,310
€26,735 / €27,270
€27,682 / €28,236
€28,623 / €29,195
€29,572 / €30,163
€31,354 / €31,981
Long Service Increment / €32,621 / €33,273
Knowledge Resource Centre Manager / €61,789 / €63,025
Client Services Manager / €63,957 / €65,236
Finance Officer / €66,125 / €67,448
Computer Services Manager / €68,294 / €69,660
€70,466 / €71,875
€72,633 / €74,086
€74,969 / €76,468
€77,153 / €78,696
€79,471 / €81,060
GRADE / Scale 1/7/04 / Revised Scale 1/12/04
Technician / €29,851 / €30,448
€30,741 / €31,356
€31,583 / €32,215
€33,580 / €34,252
€35,697 / €36,411
€37,239 / €37,984
€38,739 / €39,514
€40,133 / €40,936
€41,517 / €42,347
€43,071 / €43,932
€44,574 / €45,465
€46,111 / €47,033
€47,626 / €48,579
€49,197 / €50,181
LSI Payable after 3 years on max of scale / €50,180 / €51,184
Placement Administrator / €35,180 / €35,884
€36,291 / €37,017
€37,436 / €38,185
€38,610 / €39,382
€39,730 / €40,525
1st Long Service Increment / €41,081 / €41,903
2nd Long Service Increment / €42,430 / €43,279
Project Accountant - Grade VII / €41,113 / €41,935
€42,152 / €42,995
€43,368 / €44,235
€44,587 / €45,479
€45,811 / €46,727
€46,905 / €47,843
€48,019 / €48,979
€49,100 / €50,082
€50,173 / €51,176
1st Long Service Increment / €52,028 / €53,069
2nd Long Service Increment / €53,889 / €54,967