Qualified teacher lost out on over €23,000 in earnings
Having earned an honours degree and a postgraduate diploma, Catherine spent two years substitute teaching and covering temporary contracts. Despite her extra qualifications, when she did find permanent employment in 2014, she started at the bottom of the pay scale and, as a result, has lost out on over €23,000 in earnings.
“I subbed for the first six months of my teaching career waiting for the call at half seven every morning,” she says. “I finally secured a maternity leave contract in a special school in my home town and worked there until June 2013.
