Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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I thank Senator Moloney for raising the matter. We have moved on this with the director general of the State Examinations Commission but, quite frankly, I moved too late in the day and it had made its their arrangements. I had not realised how well prepared it was in regard to the examinations system. We will be doing it earlier this year because, first and foremost, I wanted to ensure we were not going to damage the examination process. We will be discussing this with Mr. Farrell much earlier this year to see whether it can ensure the people who take on the job are, first, qualified to do it and, second, not permanently employed, so we can maximise the impact from an employment point of view for qualified teachers.