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Sitting of Tuesday, 18 March 2025

10th Parliament· 11 debates· 132 speeches· 64 speakers

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  5. 5 Oral question Oral Questions: Teachers' Service and Principals' Service Salary Anomalies (Q.502/2025), Estates in Badulla District Drinking Water Projects (Q.505/2025), Damage to Cultivations by Wild Animals (Q.498/2025) 7 speeches
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    • The Hon. (Dr.) Madhura Senevirathna - Deputy Minister of Education and Higher Education JJB

      AI summary The Deputy Minister, answering on behalf of the Prime Minister and Education Minister, said the teacher-principal salary anomaly caused by the 2022 salary revision is under discussion with relevant institutions as public service anomalies are being handled service by service. He outlined measures to address delays in teachers’ efficiency bar requirements, including PSC-approved relief, reducing modules from 20 to 10, moving to an examination-based system, and implementing it from 1 July 2025 after Service Minute amendments. He also detailed the status of SLEAS and Teacher Educators’ Service recruitment approvals, examinations, interviews and PSC referrals, stating that differing exam and interview dates do not amount to separate recruitment timeframes. On placements and rural schools, he said vacancies and transfer data are being collected, priority will be given to officers in difficult areas, and primary school rationalization will focus on maintaining access within a 3 km radius rather than closures.

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    • The Hon. Sundaralingam Pradeep - Deputy Minister of Plantation and Community Infrastructure JJB

      AI summary Provided details on drinking water projects in Badulla District estates, noting that only about 10 per cent of estates and surrounding households have access to safe drinking water despite existing natural and scheme-based sources. He reported 103 projects implemented from 2004 to 2024 at an approximate total cost of Rs. 209.1 million, including Government/Plantation Human Development Trust and NWSDB/WASSIP projects, and confirmed completion and full funding release for the Punagala LLG Kepkade housing scheme water project. In response to supplementary questions, he said older UNICEF-era schemes had deteriorated due to poor design and ageing pipelines, announced future estate water projects across several districts, and undertook to conduct and submit an audit on the Punagala scheme.

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    • The Hon. (Dr.) Nishantha Samaraweera JJB

      AI summary Hon. (Dr.) Nishantha Samaraweera informed the House that he was raising a question on behalf of Hon. (Prof.) Sena Nanayakkara. No substantive details of the question or related matter were provided in the excerpt.

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    • The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa - Minister of Health and Mass Media and Chief Government Whip JJB

      AI summary The Minister requested one week to provide an answer to the question regarding measures to mitigate damage to cultivations by wild animals. The question was ordered to stand down.

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    • The Hon. Namal Karunaratne - Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Livestock JJB

      AI summary No formal national assessment of crop damage by wild animals was conducted in 2024, though HARTI had produced a semi-annual aggregate estimate in 2022 and a committee is now working on enumeration, expert recommendations, and district-level protective measures such as air rifles, electric nets and fences. The Ministry also said guidelines on human-wildlife coexistence are being prepared following a HARTI workshop with Agrarian Service Centres. As of end-2024, 13,207 agricultural firearms were in issue, and the price of a 12-bore SG cartridge had been reduced to Rs. 500.76 by lowering district agents’ sales margin from 30% to 20% with Defence Ministry intervention, in response to higher input costs, VAT and foreign exchange constraints.

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