Eoghan Murphy (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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When it was introduced, teachers would voluntarily sign up to be available for an extra 37 hours in a year to get the allowance. For that they would make themselves available for duties such as yard supervision at a primary school during their lunchbreak on a given day. In a secondary school where a teacher's absence resulted in a free class, another teacher would come in to watch over the class.