Pádraic McCormack (Galway West, Fine Gael)

The Minister plans to introduce legislation. I question what her Department has been doing for the past ten years when this legislation was not introduced. Is the Minister aware that 400 retired teachers are still working instead of qualified teachers? A total of 100,000 pay days are being claimed by unqualified teachers. What is the Minister doing about this situation? I am one of the few Members on this side of the House who is not a teacher but I have a concern for the situation in which many qualified graduate teachers cannot get work and the Minister's Department is continuing the practice of employing up to 400 unqualified teachers.

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