Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

On the related issue of primary schools, I refer, in particular, to the position of school secretaries. The Minister will be aware that there is a campaign seeking appropriate recognition of secretaries in primary schools by making them staff of the State and remunerating them appropriately. The secretaries of schools I know are paid poorly from the capitation grant and they have no security. In some cases, secretaries find themselves going between a number of national schools. It is not an appropriate way to manage our education system. Perhaps the Minister has some comments for the House on that issue.

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