Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 24 October 2012

Public Accounts Committee

Department of Education and Skills - Review of Allowances

12:00 pm

Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú:

In that example, I am saying that a primary school would need to bring in a substitute teacher to teach the fourth class if the original teacher was not available for work. The other teachers could not just step in to provide cover because they would be teaching their classes.