February 2010

INTO Meets Supply Panel Teachers
Thursday, 25 February 10
INTO representatives met with supply panel teachers and principals of their base schools at a meeting in Athlone yesterday.

Sheila Nunan Slams Government Policies
Wednesday, 24 February 10
Incoming General Secretary of the INTO and vice chair of the Public Services Committee of Congress, Sheila Nunan, said government policies had turned “boom to bust, surplus to deficit and for many, hope into despair” at a mass meeting of public servants in Galway last night.

High Levels of Satisfaction with the Teaching Profession
Wednesday, 24 February 10
Three in four parents consider teachers do their jobs well or very well.

P60s For Teachers
Friday, 19 February 10
The DES enclosed the following notice in pay slips dated 18 February 2010:

Teachers' Flat Rate Expenses - Update
Wednesday, 10 February 10
The following expenses for teachers have been confirmed by the Revenue:

Section 29 Appeals
Thursday, 4 February 10
Section 29 of the Education Act 1998 allows parents of pupils affected by a refusal to enrol/suspension/expulsion decision of a Board of Management to appeal that decision to the Secretary General of the Department of Education.