Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

Gaelscoil Phádraig in Loughlinstown in my area has had a lot to put up with. School authorities have been waiting 20 years in temporary accommodation to get into their new and permanent location, which is bad enough. From talking to them this week, my colleagues in my office were saying their big problem now is just getting teachers. While they have sanction for additional full-time posts, they cannot get anybody because of the accommodation crisis, etc., but they are prohibited, it appears, from getting on an interim basis substitute teachers or retired teachers to try to fill the gaps while they try and recruit for full-time posts. The Department will not let them do this. That seems lacking basic common sense. They should be allowed fill the gaps in order to provide teachers until they get full-time people who are willing to take on jobs.

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