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13th April 2023
09:42am BST

Teachers working in London are given an additional between €7,500 and €1,500 annually, depending if they work in the inner London area or in outer London or its wider area.
These allowances are set in place to encourage key workers to take up jobs in the capital.
The INTO is now the first teacher union in Ireland to seek this allowance and it comes after there has been growing concern over teacher shortages in parts of the country where rents are much higher.
Dublin has produced many teachers due to third level course in the capital and newly qualified wanting to stay there for the first few years as teachers, but due to the housing crisis in Dublin, this has been more difficult.
Due to the housing crisis, primary schools have found it difficult to fill positions or find substitutes.