Killarney

<h3>The Government has yet to implement electronic payslips for teachers despite a previous promise to do so by late last year.</h3>
Killarney councillor John O&rsquo;Donoghue raised the issue at Monday&#8217;s Kerry County Council meeting.
 According to the councillor, the move to electronic payments would save the Government &euro;1.7m every year.
 Cllr O&rsquo;Donoghue first raised the issue in September 2021 and at that time he was told that a new system would be put in place by the end of 2022.
 &ldquo;I had my own sums done as to the savings this measure could bring. I was pleasantly surprised when the Minister&#8217;s reply detailed savings in excess of what I had predicted,&rdquo; he said.
 &ldquo;I was delighted when they stated this antiquated practice would end in Q3 of 2022, but to date nothing has changed. I accept it may be the right of any individual to receive a physical payslip if they so wish, but I am confident these would be in an extreme minority. As well as the financial waste, it also has a huge, and needlessly detrimental environmental impact sending out such huge swathes of paper posting physical payslips to teachers each fortnight, and I would like the Minister to explain the reasons behind the delay.&rdquo;

Electronic payslips costing €1.7m annually

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