Eoghan Murphy (Dublin South East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is important to have the flexibility at the school level. In second level schools, is it a case of substitution when a colleague is absent? If a third-year teacher is absent, the students are put in the library and the teacher sits with them for that period of time.

If a teacher signs up for the hours, has the number of hours been increased to 40 for new entrants?