Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)

It is because we would be the third party. We would cease the payment and we would become activated into the court on the basis that we had withdrawn money from someone on the basis that we had deemed that he or she would have to be dismissed because he or she was not qualified. If one gives a person the right to invoke the Unfair Dismissals Acts then one is embroiling the Department of Education and Skills, having terminated money because one was not a qualified or registered teacher. A good lawyer such as Senator Mullen would conjoin not just the board of management but the Department as well. We do not want to become involved in such cases.