Ulick Burke (Fine Gael)

Yes, distinguished. Will she intervene with the current Minister for Education and Science regarding the ASTI ballot next month on the supervision and substitution proposals? Today we have seen that in the Minister's county the cost of supervision and substitution is twice what it would be if the teachers were doing it. According to the statement of the principals and managers of schools, this episode is having particularly difficult consequences for discipline, which is breaking down in some schools. If this did not cause additional funds, I could accept the Minister's stance but it is costing twice as much, which is unbelievable. Those involved should be called together – management, principals and the ASTI – to pre-empt any future deadlock.