Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

To facilitate the Deputy I will repeat part of the earlier reply. Feedback from schools indicates that the reasons for recruitment of retired teachers include the number and pattern of hours available at school level; the paucity of appropriately qualified and registered teachers who are not retired in certain skill areas, such as special needs; and the unavailability, at short notice, of appropriately registered teachers who are not retired.

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