Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)

I welcome the Senator's intervention and support. She has probably spent more time on Marlborough Street than I have so far, as I have only been there 11 months. Last March and April there was a barrier to the employment of new teachers until all the people on a panel were cleared from that year. There has been redeployment and the Senator is absolutely correct on that point. People lingering on a redeployment panel into the next academic year should not prevent new recruitment but last spring and early summer it had an effect until the panel was cleared.