Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Minister of State announced 25 additional or alleviation posts. Can he indicate the full number of job losses, whether full time or part time?

I presume the 17 vocational education committees that supplied the Minister of State with documentation would have explained the full extent of the cuts. The information I have is that hundreds of teaching posts would be affected. I am not sure whether they are full-time or part-time but I know that Ballyfermot College of Further Education indicated that ten whole-time posts would be affected by the change.

The Minister mentioned also that these 25 posts would be allowed as a transitional measure. What is intended will happen at the end of the next year, that is, June of 2014? Will those 25 positions remain or will they be withdrawn at that stage?

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