Mr. Pat Burke:

I agree with the Deputy's underlying point that the court of public opinion is the important one. A number of things are about to happen in the not too distant future. We are moving to a situation where schools will only be empowered to pay qualified registered teachers. We have issued circulars relating to the requirement that schools prioritise unemployed teachers and so on. There is an inevitable progression to getting into a greater publication space in due course in regard to these matters but we also need to be conscious in doing that. We do not want to pillory schools that have no other choice on a Monday morning, such as schools in a remote location, that cannot get anyone and if they do not get the retired person in-----