Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 24 October 2012

Public Accounts Committee

Department of Education and Skills - Review of Allowances

1:30 pm

Photo of Kieran O'DonnellKieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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Part of the problem with allowances and so on is communication, which is diabolical and poor. The substitute teacher issue would be rectified by putting a process in place whereby at the end of every month, the principals give a reason they employed a specific teacher. The Department sees the payments going through. That would be transparent and it would give comfort to the principals. I ask the officials to take this on board.