Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

For me, it seems absolutely illogical that, given the amount of work, they are not based in the one location, for the majority of time at the very least, if not exclusively. I accept there would be a significant amount of movement from time to time. This is my last question for now. With regard to teaching allocations, how does the Department monitor the fact that each ETB is pro rata administering their teaching allocations to the relevant schools? As I understand it, they are given their teaching allocations. They come to the Department. The Department allocates the volume and then it is up to each ETB to assign the allocations in accordance with their thoughts or views. What checks and balances are there in place to ensure that pro rata the actual allocations that are given to the schools reflect the volume of students in those schools? I am sure the Department has an audit process for doing so. Please do not tell me it does not.