Allowances

Academic Allowances for those who entered service prior to 1 January 2011

For teachers who entered service prior to 1 January 2011, a separate qualification allowance is paid in addition to their scale salary.

A range of academic allowances were abolished for all new beneficiaries from 1 February 2012. See Circular 0008/2013 Appendix 2 for more details. The value of the allowances listed below which are effective from 1 October 2024 are per Circular 0073/2024 (PDF). The payment of allowances will also be subject to the provisions of Circular 0008/2013 (PDF).

Where merited, only one allowance at (a) or (b) may be held together with one of the allowances (c) to (g).

From 01/10/24
(a) (i) H Dip in Ed (Pass) €705
(a) (ii) Higher Froebel Cert €705
(b) (i) H Dip in Ed (1st/2nd Hons) €1,475
(b) (ii) Ard Teastas Gaeilge €1,475
(c) Primary Degree (Pass) €2,200
(d) Master’s Degree by Thesis or Exam (Pass) €5,875
(e) Primary Degree (1st/ 2nd Class Hons) €5,875
(f) Master’s Degree (1st/2nd Hons) €6,564
(g) Doctorate Degree €7,333

Promoted Post Allowances

Principals’ Allowances

Category From 01/10/24
I (1-5) €14,616
II (6-7) €14,616
III (8-11) €17,151
IV (12-13) €19,951
V (14-16) €22,792
VI (17-19) €25,542
VII (20-23) €28,324
VIII (24-26) €30,368
IX (27-30) €32,160
X (31-35) €35,563
XI (36-40) €37,646
XII (41-50) €41,673
XIII (51-60) €43,033
XIV (61+) €46,675

Size of school by total number of authorised teaching posts inclusive of principals indicated by brackets

Deputy Principals’ Allowances

Category From 01/10/24
I (1-5) €7,786
II (6-7) €7,786
III (8-11) €9,761
IV (12-13) €11,672
V (14-16) €13,669
VI (17-19) €15,587
VII (20-23) €17,473
VIII (24-26) €18,960
IX (27-30) €20,408
X (31-35) €22,653
XI (36-40) €24,042
XII (41-50) €27,046
XIII (51-60) €27,634
XIV (61+) €30,192

Size of school by total number of authorised teaching posts inclusive of principals indicated by brackets

Graded Posts

01/10/21
From 01/10/24
Assistant Principal (AP1) €10,174
Special Duties Post (AP2) €4,501

Other Allowances

A number of role based allowances were abolished for all new beneficiaries (those teachers who were accruing a new entitlement to an allowance) from 1 February 2012. These cuts also affected teachers currently in receipt of a specified allowance who subsequently moved from their school voluntarily. See Circular 0008/2013 (PDF) Appendix 2 and 4 for more details.

From 01/10/24
Teaching Through Irish Allowance* €1,890
Gaeltacht Allowance* €3,658
Island Allowance* €2,200
Long Service Allowance (for teachers with 35 years’ service) €2,774
Visiting Teacher Allowance €10,174
Special Education Diploma* €2,911

*Abolished for new beneficiaries appointed post 1 February 2012 and for those moving school after this date.

Note: On 1 October 2020 there was a reversal of the 5% allowance cut of 2010 under the Public Service Stability Agreement (PSSA).

Secure Unit Allowance

Through the Teachers’ Conciliation Council, the INTO pursued an allowance for members who work in secure units. The adjudication process supported the INTO’s claim in October 2016, but as no cost-increasing claims were permissible the claim was not settled.

Circular 0017/2022 settles this claim for Primary teachers who work in certain secure units/secure care settings.

The Secure Unit Allowance, is paid to primary teachers working in the Oberstown Detention Centre as well as to primary teachers in the following four special care units:

  1. Ballydowd in Dublin
  2. Crannog Nua in Dublin
  3. St. Canice’s Special School in Limerick and
  4. Coláiste Árd Álainn in Cork
Allowance From 01/10/24
Secure Unit Allowance €2,623

 

Page updated 11 October 2024

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