Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)

——but the information Deputy Batt O'Keeffe has given this House is that somewhere between one and two days on average is lost every year. Is he aware that in his Department last year close to nine days on average were lost per official?

I want the Minister to apologise to teachers for the outrageous slur he and his Department have put about the place for the past month or so as a means of attacking teachers and their representatives. Will he apologise now? The information the Minister has given this House completely demolishes the outrageous spin that he has been putting out in the past month.

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