Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

In May 2011 my Department issued Circular 31/2011, which sets out a cascading set of measures for appointment of teachers with effect from September 2011. These measures are stringent and require schools to prioritise unemployed teachers over those in receipt of a pension, where possible. I seem to recall that I read this out and dealt with it before.

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