Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú:

We are monitoring the position. I do not have the details with me but we find that it tends to be in respect of the more short-term, incidental substitutions that school principals are contacting retired colleagues. In the context of long-term substitutions, schools have tended to go with individuals who are not retired. This would be in respect of more planned substitutions relating to maternity leave or long-term sick leave. It can be very difficult, either the evening before or on a particular morning, to get someone to act in substitution. That is, perhaps, where the situation arises.