IT woes leave teachers out of pocket

Tens of thousands of teachers have been left underpaid, some by hundreds of euro, for the last month as IT problems have delayed salary increases due from the Department of Education.

The payment of increments due since early December could take at least another month to reach those affected. They are worth almost €200, or 8% extra, a month for some teachers at the lower end of the pay scale.

The rises would have been due in September but, under the 2013 Haddington Road Agreement (HRA), all public servants earning under €65,000 had increments paused for three months.