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

I know that, because young teachers have come to me about this. They will stay around in the morning waiting for a telephone call. If it does not come by a certain time they do not get work that day, and if it does then they are off, perhaps to one of the schools they have had to lobby in their area, which they can get to on time. That, essentially, is how the system works. It is very much a free hand. I like schools to have as much autonomy as possible, but the principal has a free hand in choosing the person.