Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)

How can the Tánaiste say that when the information she gave to the House is to the contrary? Basically, she informed the House that of the 12,000 appointments as superintendents for the State examinations starting next week, 800 are unemployed or substitute teachers, or approximately 7%. This is at a time where there are almost 440,000 people unemployed in this country. Does the Tánaiste accept the information she has received from the State Examinations Commission? Will she inform the House how many retired teachers are employed by the SEC either as superintendents or for the purpose of correcting those papers?

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