Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

He cannot be partisan at one moment and then accuse me of being partisan in my response. Whatever standard that we apply in this House in terms of partisanship should apply to everyone and not just to the Government.

The number of people graduating from teaching programmes is stable and the percentage of people getting jobs in Ireland has increased. As I said, 5,000 more teachers are working in our service than two years ago. There are difficulties in certain areas. We are very much aware that many schools are struggling to get substitutes.

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