Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)

I will consider the Deputy's suggestion, but it is hard to be prescriptive for everybody, because there will be hard cases that will not be amenable to that situation. The situation does cause me concern and I have, for example, raised it directly with the Minister for Education and Skills. The notion of teachers retiring and then filling in for colleagues on sick days and maternity leave is wrong. I do not know whether we need to go a legal route on that, but it is one issue I want to bring to an end.

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