Mr. Ed Byrne:

The principal may have only had short notice that a teacher will be out for the rest of the week. Now the issue of vetting raises a problem. If one can hire a retired teacher who has the vetting fulfilled it is much easier than employing somebody who has not registered with the Teaching Council and may not have gone through the full vetting procedures. There are issue. We would like to see this problem fully dealt with because there is no future in hiring retired teachers if one does not have to.