John Gilroy (Labour)

Briefly, on the issue of redeployment, I strongly support the Minister's position because in extreme circumstances we cannot have a veto, particularly given the present control framework and the new situation. It would be wrong for us to hold off employment because there was no agreement, in particular, in light of the Minister's repeated and substantial assurances that through the industrial relations mechanism and the teachers' conciliation council, there will be a mechanism to ensure full and adequate consultation.

On the last occasion, a speaker stated a teacher might not be able to work in an all-Irish school. In this day and age we have to be more flexible in those terms and in moving between different types of structures of management.