A TD has called on the Government to introduce an increased wage for Dublin's teachers to tackle the capital's teaching "crisis".
Deputy General Secretary of the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland Diarmaid de Paor previously told Dublin Live there are concerns some Dublin schools will have to drop subjects due to the shortage of teachers. He blamed the shortage of housing for the "crisis".
Labour Party TD Aodhan O Riordain called on the Government to introduce a special allowance for Dublin teachers, similar to what London's teacher's receive, at tomorrow's cost of living package announcement. He told Dublin Live: "At this stage, we have reached crisis levels.
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"As education spokesperson, I mainly speak to teachers - anybody in health or other public sectors will say that others need a similar allowance.
"But in terms of teaching and retention and recruitment, we are in crisis levels in Dublin and therefore we need to begin to assess whether we can begin to replicate what they have in London with a Dublin allowance that will allow teachers to rent and stay in Dublin.
Deputy O Riordain suggested the Government should introduce a policy similar to the London weighting system whereby certain civil servants working in London are entitled to extra wages to compensate for high rents and the higher cost of living. The average increase to a teacher's annual salary was around €4,500.
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