State saves €45m in assistant principals cuts

The number of teachers receiving middle management allowances has dropped by more than 5,000 over the past five years.

In 2008 there were over 20,000 teachers who were getting payments for being an assistant principal - effectively the third-ranked teacher in a school - or for special duties. But since the Department of Education decided to phase out these payments, the number of teachers getting them has dropped to around 14,300.

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