Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)

That in excess of 50% of teachers are post holders in schools is not sustainable and will not be maintained by the Government. We are well down the road in my consultation with the Minister for Finance. We have been consulting for some time and I hope to be in a position to finalise our discussions in the not-too-distant future. I do not want to put an exact date on it and then miss it, but the consultation is well under way.

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