PQ 119
119. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures she is implementing to address vacant teaching posts in core subjects, following a recent departmental study which shows that there are over 1,000 unfilled teaching posts across 600 secondary schools, of which 696 of these roles were filled by a so-called ‘out of field’ (unqualified). [11007/26]
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119. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures she is implementing to address vacant teaching posts in core subjects, following a recent departmental study which shows that there are over 1,000 unfilled teaching posts across 600 secondary schools, of which 696 of these roles were filled by a so-called ‘out of field’ (unqualified). [11007/26]
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