Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Minister, Deputy Quinn, indicated on Committee Stage that the TUI had raised this issue with the Department. My officials inform me that a meeting under the auspices of the Teachers' Conciliation Council is due to convene shortly to discuss this issue. I will not comment further other than to say that such issues are more appropriately dealt with in an administrative or industrial relations context rather than by providing for them in the Statute Book.

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