There is provision for the payment of an ‘acting up’ allowance where a Principal or Deputy Principal is absent from school for a minimum period of 30 consecutive calendar days, and where an Assistant Principal is absent from school for a minimum period of 84 consecutive calendar days.
To claim the acting up allowance, the POR 1 Form should be completed with details of the acting appointment and signed by the chairperson of the board of management before being submitted to the DE payroll section. When the Form has been processed, the acting allowance will be paid retrospectively to the date the acting period commenced, and fortnightly thereafter until the end of the acting period.
In the event of the appointment of an existing post holder to an acting up position carrying a higher allowance (e.g. deputy principal to “acting” principal), the higher allowance replaces the teacher’s regular allowance.
Where a permanent post-holder is on paid leave of absence, (e.g. sick leave) and another member of staff is paid an acting up allowance, the permanent post holder continues to receive full salary and allowances.
Primary Payroll should be notified promptly when the permanent post holder returns to work in order to terminate the payment of the acting up allowance.
Page updated 17 July 2024
