Southern Education and Library Board spent £400k on suspended staff
The statistics were disclosed after a question to the Minister of Education, John O’Dowd, by Strangford MLA, Michelle McIlveen.
They revealed that almost £400,000 had been paid to non-teaching staff in the Southern Education and Library Board between 2010 and 2014.
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Hide AdIn the same five year period a total of just £291,000 had been spent by the South-Eastern, Belfast and North-Eastern Boards to staff suspended on full pay.
The five education boards also paid a total of £1,767,481 during the same period towards teaching staff who are or have been suspended on full pay.
The Council For Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS) paid a further £1,633,842.
The Southern Education and Library Board were contacted but did not wish to comment on the story.