Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)

I thank the Minister of State for his reply, which did not inform me about very much, other than the two complaints made this year. I was aware of the rest of his reply but I thank him for his courtesy. Is he aware of the widespread abuse of the payment of caretakers and secretaries across the State? A number of trade unions have run a campaign for more than a year to highlight this issue. Is the Minister of State aware the issue arises because the Department of Education and Science pays salaries of caretakers and secretaries to the schools involved rather than directly to them? Will he consider asking the Department to employ them directly, which would ensure widespread breaches of employment law would no longer occur?

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