Mr. David Moloney:

The justification for them is not to discourage people. It is quite a big step to be a teacher, then get elected as a public representative for four years and not to have a permanent job to which to return. It is not that the teaching job is not filled. It is filled and when one is prepared to go back to being a teacher again, an available teaching job will be allocated to the person. It Is not that the job the person left 40 years ago is still there waiting for that person. It is that the person has an entitlement to come back to a teaching post or an equivalent post.