Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 January 2014

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills

Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised)

3:20 pm

Photo of Jonathan O'BrienJonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I wish to pose a question. I do not want to put the Minister on the spot but I will ask it in any event. We do not get the opportunity to question him very often. We are able to question him once every five weeks in the Dáil but, as a result of the lottery used, I only got to pose two questions, which is not sufficient. I will take that matter up with the Whips. There has been a great deal of discussion in respect of JobBridge and the teaching profession. I do not know whether the Minister wants to comment on this matter today or if he would prefer to discuss it at a later date. There is a degree of concern that some schools are using JobBridge as a way of increasing their teaching cohorts. I am of the view that the scheme was not designed to be used in that way.

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