Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 10 December 2014

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

Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary)

1:10 pm

Photo of Brendan  RyanBrendan Ryan (Dublin North, Labour) | Oireachtas source

With regard to the number of teachers retiring, 2,200 retirements were forecast but 2,650 occurred. How did the Department plan this and how did it get the figures wrong? How did the overrun occur? Was it open-ended - a matter of anticipation - or an incorrect forecast? Is it as simple as that?

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