Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 10 December 2014
Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills
Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary)
1:10 pm
Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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It is about forecasting. One tries to be as accurate as possible, but the numbers are variable. The Department does its best to forecast the numbers each year. There have been various grace periods in recent years and they have affected teachers' decisions on retirement and made it harder to predict retirement figures.