WRITTEN EXAMINERS 2019

Postgrad10 · 28-06-2019 5:29pm

I’ve used it in another capacity. It’s very handy all right. The only thing that got to me was the screen glare if I worked for too long. It’s the way forward. In a few years we won’t know the difference.

djemba djemba · 05-07-2019 4:42pm

For those correcting a Junior Cycle subject. Are we correcting the assessment task for free? I am getting €X per exam paper but it says nothing about the assessment task.

Postgrad10 · 05-07-2019 4:44pm

Both would be included in the price in your letter.

km79 · 05-07-2019 4:51pm

djemba djemba wrote: »

For those correcting a Junior Cycle subject. Are we correcting the assessment task for free? I am getting €X per exam paper but it says nothing about the assessment task.

Out of interest
Are you correct the entire paper or just specific questions from each script

sullivlo · 05-07-2019 5:03pm

km79 wrote: »

Out of interest
Are you correct the entire paper or just specific questions from each script

I'm correcting entire paper, but not the same paper and AT from the same candidate (they download separately).

RealJohn · 05-07-2019 8:01pm

djemba djemba wrote: »

For those correcting a Junior Cycle subject. Are we correcting the assessment task for free? I am getting €X per exam paper but it says nothing about the assessment task.

*Marking.
And no, of course you're not. The figure you are paid is based on one exam paper and one assessment task, and if you're not marking both, you'll be paid less, because you're contracted to mark both.

mtoutlemonde · 08-07-2019 10:25pm

Anyone still waiting for advance payment? I'm nearly finished! I rang and was told that there was a delay which could be from 7 to 9 days but my spríoc la is nearly on me. I was excessively taxed for supervising and now no advance - if that's the SEC want to play - they will serious recruitment problems next year.

Moody_mona · 08-07-2019 10:30pm

mtoutlemonde wrote: »

Anyone still waiting for advance payment? I'm nearly finished! I rang and was told that there was a delay which could be from 7 to 9 days but my spríoc la is nearly on me. I was excessively taxed for supervising and now no advance - if that's the SEC want to play - they will serious recruitment problems next year.

No mine was one week later, 7 days from the conference date.

mtoutlemonde · 08-07-2019 10:31pm

Moody_mona wrote: »

No mine was one week later, 7 days from the conference date.

11 working days since conference.

Moody_mona · 08-07-2019 10:38pm

mtoutlemonde wrote: »

11 working days since conference.

Hugely frustrating

RealJohn · 09-07-2019 12:31am

No sign here either, getting towards two weeks after conference. Not that I care. Don't have time to spend it.

sullivlo · 09-07-2019 12:24pm

None here either. Conference finished 27/6. Not too big of a problem as I'm not overly waiting for it, but my hotel for the conference is on my credit card and that's what the advance was going to pay!

Postgrad10 · 09-07-2019 12:28pm

Must be incredibly tough on those who don’t have other money to rely on. It’s not like the SEC. It’s usually 5 days on the dot.

mtoutlemonde · 09-07-2019 1:24pm

Postgrad10 wrote: »

Must be incredibly tough on those who don’t have other money to rely on. It’s not like the SEC. It’s usually 5 days on the dot.

Yes I do agree, the SEC are usually on top of everything and I have praised the way they run many times. I have marked for a good few years and have always been paid my advance but don't know what's happening this year. It is unfair and a difficult time for teachers not being paid for the summer and they can't claim jobseekers as they are officially working.

The SEC are not answering calls except between 4 and 5 every evening .... that will also aggravate people.

Postgrad10 · 09-07-2019 2:17pm

Much easier and quicker to email financial@examinations.ie with your pps number anyway.

Corkgirl18 · 09-07-2019 2:31pm

Apparently the new PAYE modernisation system is delaying payments.

Random sample · 09-07-2019 2:45pm

For those who haven’t been paid, did you get your prsi form sent in?

Postgrad10 · 09-07-2019 3:00pm

This paye modernization system has been implemented months ago, there’s no reason for the delay.

spurious · 09-07-2019 3:42pm

Nothing here either so it must be a number of subjects affected.

Corkgirl18 · 09-07-2019 4:27pm

Postgrad10 wrote: »

This paye modernization system has been implemented months ago, there’s no reason for the delay.

This is what the SEC are blaming it on anyway.

Postgrad10 · 09-07-2019 4:34pm

It must be revenue though because they are making them tax us on the installments instead if the end like last year.

happywithlife · 09-07-2019 11:30pm

Corkgirl18 wrote: »

Apparently the new PAYE modernisation system is delaying payments.

But they paid the superintending advance without delay so I don't buy this excuse

dory · 10-07-2019 3:03am

mtoutlemonde wrote: »

- if that's the SEC want to play - they will serious recruitment problems next year.

That would suit them just fine. Then they can say "Can't get markers, we'll just have to scrap the exam / get teachers to mark their own"...

am_zarathustra · 10-07-2019 12:03pm

Hi everyone, waiting on advance here too, almost two weeks after the end of conference.

Has anyone who emailed got a response indicating when they will be paid?

I believe them with regards to the modernisation, I've found them excellent the last 3/4 years and I know there were issues with the Superintending pay too.

mtoutlemonde · 10-07-2019 12:25pm

dory wrote: »

That would suit them just fine. Then they can say "Can't get markers, we'll just have to scrap the exam / get teachers to mark their own"...

This is definitely going to happen in the future.

km79 · 10-07-2019 12:29pm

mtoutlemonde wrote: »

This is definitely going to happen in the future.

This was why it was so important the assessment tasks battle was won

I don’t even think parents would want teachers correcting their own students state scripts in fairness
Won’t happen
If it hasn’t happened in England it won’t happen here

evolving_doors · 10-07-2019 12:46pm

Corkgirl18 wrote: »

Apparently the new PAYE modernisation system is delaying payments.

Is this still confusing them? How long has this 'new' PAYE system been in.

Methinks the dept. and SEC need to be sent on inservice.

sullivlo · 11-07-2019 9:44am

I got notification from Revenue that the SEC exams have been put on as an employer for me, so hopefully that means that payment will be processed soon!

sullivlo · 12-07-2019 9:51am

My advance arrived today.

rainbowtrout · 12-07-2019 9:55am

sullivlo wrote: »

My advance arrived today.

Me too.

spurious · 12-07-2019 9:57am

sullivlo wrote: »

My advance arrived today.

Mine too and crucified with tax at the higher level which I never reach because of my low income. I thought this new system was supposed to stop that happening.
I wonder can I get that money back?

sullivlo · 12-07-2019 10:20am

spurious wrote: »

Mine too and crucified with tax at the higher level which I never reach because of my low income. I thought this new system was supposed to stop that happening.
I wonder can I get that money back?

I usually claim all of my tax back at the end of the year. I didn't apply any tax credits to the SEC. I see it like a savings scheme.

rainbowtrout · 12-07-2019 4:28pm

spurious wrote: »

Mine too and crucified with tax at the higher level which I never reach because of my low income. I thought this new system was supposed to stop that happening.
I wonder can I get that money back?

Do you have any tax credits with the SEC? If you don’t that’s why it’s taxed at the higher rate. Probably not too late to get some transferred now as you won’t get paid for at least two more months.

You can get a balancing statement at the end of the year I think from the revenue and they’ll refund any overpaid tax

spurious · 12-07-2019 5:42pm

I went into them and thought I had sorted all this out. It's just annoying I suppose. At least Revenue are fairly efficient. Enforced savings.

RealJohn · 15-07-2019 10:56am

Just got my pay slip for the advance. It doesn't look like they've worked the tax out at all. They've just taken a nice round figure out, along with a nice round figure for PRSI, and another nice round figure for USC, and called them tax. If that's all they were doing, why did it take so long to pay us? I'd understand if they had to actually work out how much tax everyone owed.

rainbowtrout · 15-07-2019 10:59am

RealJohn wrote: »

Just got my pay slip for the advance. It doesn't look like they've worked the tax out at all. They've just taken a nice round figure out, along with a nice round figure for PRSI, and another nice round figure for USC, and called them tax. If that's all they were doing, why did it take so long to pay us? I'd understand if they had to actually work out how much tax everyone owed.

€696??

I don't know. I did practicals a few months ago and it was taxed and we normally get a €400 advance and we got something odd like €278.35

Reya10 · 15-07-2019 11:35am

I got my advance (around 500) but no payslip yet and post has come. Trying to figure out did I get emergency taxed as someone here said a few weeks ago the advance is 900 for junior cert? Is that wrong or does 500 seem about right? I’m not working at the moment so shouldn’t be taxed much if it was done correctly.

mtoutlemonde · 15-07-2019 11:54am

Reya10 wrote: »

I got my advance (around 500) but no payslip yet and post has come. Trying to figure out did I get emergency taxed as someone here said a few weeks ago the advance is 900 for junior cert? Is that wrong or does 500 seem about right? I’m not working at the moment so shouldn’t be taxed much if it was done correctly.

If you are a first time examiner - that is correct.

RealJohn · 15-07-2019 12:26pm

rainbowtrout wrote: »

€696??

I don't know. I did practicals a few months ago and it was taxed and we normally get a €400 advance and we got something odd like €278.35

Nope, all of the figures on my pay slip were nice round numbers, ending in zeros.

Postgrad10 · 15-07-2019 2:07pm

I don’t know about every subject but my advance was 300 higher than previous years, probably to counteract paying the tax earlier.

sullivlo · 15-07-2019 2:51pm

My advance was 1200 but the tax was ridiculous. I just got the payslip today.

ccazza · 15-07-2019 4:38pm

RealJohn wrote: »

Just got my pay slip for the advance. It doesn't look like they've worked the tax out at all. They've just taken a nice round figure out, along with a nice round figure for PRSI, and another nice round figure for USC, and called them tax. If that's all they were doing, why did it take so long to pay us? I'd understand if they had to actually work out how much tax everyone owed.

I think that’s probably correct as tax is 40%, USC8% and PRSI 4%. That’s if you haven’t allocated any tax credits to the SEC.

rainbowtrout · 15-07-2019 10:24pm

RealJohn wrote: »

Nope, all of the figures on my pay slip were nice round numbers, ending in zeros.

I just got my payslip this morning. Mine were rounded too. Maybe the SEC came to some sort of deal with the revenue to tax at a certain percentage for the advance rather than individualising it.

Random sample · 16-07-2019 10:26am

I’ve always considered the advance as my expenses. It covers the overnights and petrol. I’m annoyed at losing so much of it this year. And I know I’ll get it back in October, but that’s not the point. I’ve paid for my hotel and petrol now.

runjb · 16-07-2019 4:25pm

When does the final payment issue?

Postgrad10 · 16-07-2019 6:38pm

Depends on your subject and when you finish up.

Reya10 · 11-09-2019 11:36am

Has anyone gotten paid yet or heard anything about payment?

Guirimasguiri · 11-09-2019 12:17pm

Reya10 wrote: »

Has anyone gotten paid yet or heard anything about payment?

They aim to pay us 30 working days after receipt of claim forms into the financial section. So theoretically, if you finished up at the end of July you should be getting paid over the next couple of weeks.

chocoholic999 · 11-09-2019 2:26pm

I got paid Friday, received payslip Monday. Think I finished around 19th of July

thefasteriwalk · 11-09-2019 2:49pm

I got paid August 30.

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