Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)

She stated it was subject to special requirements and subject to the supervision of the Department. What we are trying to ensure here is that qualified teachers will be on a panel and will be available, and that is the regular practice. It was understandable in 2001, when the Teaching Council Bill was enacted, that there needed to be a phasing-in period, but surely nine years is a sufficient adequacy of time to allow for that phasing-in to be closed, and that henceforth, when there are more qualified teachers than there are jobs for them, the back-door provision is no longer necessary.

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