Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 24 October 2012
Public Accounts Committee
Department of Education and Skills - Review of Allowances
12:00 pm
Eoghan Murphy (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Does that mean that we have a big problem with teachers not turning up for work or not being available for work? These teachers are supervising and substituting for other teachers who are not present. If the full 37 hours per year are being used, why do we have 41,500 teachers? There seem to be many hours of absenteeism.