Circular Pay 29/04

To the Management Authorities of Primary Schools

Revision of Salaries for Caretakers employed under the Department’s 1979 Scheme

1.  The Minister for Education and Science wishes to inform Management Authorities and Caretakers of the application of revised rates of salary with effect from:

(a)  1 December 2001 and

(b) 1 January 2004

2.  The new rates of salary have been introduced as a result of the implementation of:

(a)  Phase 1 and 2 of the pay award under the Benchmarking Agreement.

(b)  Phase 1 of Sustaining Progress.

Section 19.19 of Sustaining Progress provided that one quarter of the increases recommended by the Public Service Benchmarking Body would be paid with effect from 1 December 2001 and one half would be paid with effect from 1 January 2004. In accordance with Section 19.18 of Sustaining Progress an increase of 3% is due with effect from 1 January 2004 also.

3. The payment of the first and second phase of the increases recommended by the Public Service Benchmarking Body and the 3% increase are dependent, in the case of each organisation and grade, on verification of co-operation with flexibility and ongoing change, satisfactory implementation of the agenda for modernisation, maintenance of stable industrial relations and absence of industrial action in respect of any matters covered by the Sustaining Progress agreement. The Secretary General in consultation with the Education Sector Performance Verification Group (ESPVG) has considered progress achieved and decided that the level of progress achieved during the period warrants the payment of the relevant pay increases.

4. For calculation purposes the second phase increase due under benchmarking has been added to the first phase increase of one quarter of the benchmarking award. This combined total of three quarters of the increase recommended by the Public Service Benchmarking Body has been added to the pre-benchmark pay rate as at 30th November 2001. The increase has been added to each point of incremental scales.

5. The basic pay rates resulting from the above calculation have been adjusted to take account of the 1st October 2002 increase of 4% due under the Programme for Prosperity and Fairness.

6. Finally, the 3% increase due has been added to the basic pay rates resulting from the preceding paragraph with an effective date of 1st January 2004.

7. 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.

8. The revised salary scales are set out in a schedule to this circular which can be accessed on this Department’s website at www.education.ie under Education Personnel/Payroll Division.

9.  Management authorities are requested to bring the contents of this Circular and the new salary scales to the attention of the Caretaker in their school. They are also requested to give a copy of the Circular and the salary scales to the members of the Board of Management.

10.  The increased pay rate, together with any arrears owed, will be included in salary issue dated 30th December 2004. The amount of the advance arrears payment which issued to the caretaker in May last, will be deducted from this salary issue and any outstanding balance will be paid. Please refer to the notification on the advance payment which also issued in May last for any queries in this regard.

11.  Queries regarding the Circular should be e-mailed to

P. Maloney

Principal Officer

December 2004

PAY OF CARETAKERS IN NATIONAL SCHOOLS IN DUBLIN
Scale at 1/12/01 / Revised scale 1/10/02 / Revised scale 1/1/04
CARETAKERS IN DUBLIN NATIONAL SCHOOLS
20,976 / 21,815 / 24,353
21,158 / 22,005 / 24,549
21,234 / 22,083 / 24,629
21,302 / 22,155 / 24,703
21,376 / 22,231 / 24,781
21,451 / 22,309 / 24,861
21,523 / 22,384 / 24,939
21,596 / 22,459 / 25,017
21,675 / 22,542 / 25,102
21,752 / 22,622 / 25,184
21,852 / 22,726 / 25,292
21,954 / 22,832 / 25,401
22,053 / 22,935 / 25,506
PAY OF CARETAKERS IN NATIONAL SCHOOLS OUTSIDE DUBLIN / Scale at 1/12/01 / Revised scale 1/10/02 / Revised scale 1/1/04
(AND CORK CITY POST 1989) / 21,099 / 21,943 / 24,484
21,235 / 22,084 / 24,630
21,362 / 22,216 / 24,766
21,433 / 22,290 / 24,842
21,504 / 22,364 / 24,919
21,578 / 22,442 / 24,998
21,651 / 22,517 / 25,076
21,726 / 22,594 / 25,156
21,801 / 22,673 / 25,237
21,881 / 22,756 / 25,322
21,960 / 22,839 / 25,407
22,044 / 22,926 / 25,497
22,119 / 23,004 / 25,577
PAY OF CARETAKERS IN NATIONAL SCHOOLS OUTSIDE DUBLIN (and CORK CITY POST 1989) / Scale at 1/12/01 / Revised scale 1/10/02 / Revised scale 1/1/04
~ PHASE I OF PCW AWARD PAID ONLY
20,206 / 21,014 / 23,528
20,343 / 21,157 / 23,675
20,471 / 21,290 / 23,812
20,542 / 21,364 / 23,888
20,615 / 21,439 / 23,966
20,687 / 21,514 / 24,044
20,760 / 21,590 / 24,121
20,835 / 21,669 / 24,202
20,908 / 21,745 / 24,281
20,988 / 21,828 / 24,366
21,070 / 21,912 / 24,453
21,153 / 21,999 / 24,542
21,227 / 22,076 / 24,622
PAY OF CARETAKERS IN NATIONAL SCHOOLS IN CORK CITY / Scale at 1/12/01 / Revised scale 1/10/02 / Revised scale 1/1/04
PRE 1989 ( Phase 1 of Special PESP award applied only )
21,044 / 21,885 / 24,425
21,178 / 22,025 / 24,569
21,310 / 22,162 / 24,711
21,384 / 22,240 / 24,790
21,457 / 22,316 / 24,869
21,534 / 22,395 / 24,950
21,610 / 22,474 / 25,032
21,692 / 22,560 / 25,120
21,772 / 22,643 / 25,206
21,856 / 22,730 / 25,295
21,939 / 22,817 / 25,385
22,024 / 22,904 / 25,475
22,111 / 22,996 / 25,569
PAY OF CARETAKERS IN NATIONAL SCHOOLS / Scale at 1/12/01 / Revised scale 1/10/02 / Revised scale 1/1/04
IN CORK CITY - PRE 1989
( Phase1/2/3 of Special PESP award applied ). / 21,937 / 22,815 / 25,383
22,070 / 22,953 / 25,525
22,202 / 23,090 / 25,666
22,277 / 23,168 / 25,747
22,349 / 23,243 / 25,823
22,425 / 23,322 / 25,905
22,502 / 23,402 / 25,988
22,584 / 23,488 / 26,076
22,662 / 23,568 / 26,159
22,748 / 23,658 / 26,251
22,829 / 23,742 / 26,338
22,915 / 23,832 / 26,430
23,003 / 23,923 / 26,524