1401. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth given that unqualified persons, student teachers, special needs assistants and retired teachers may be engaged to provide substitute cover, the justification for continuing to prevent fully qualified and registered job-sharing teachers from providing such cover on their non-working days, including in their own schools where they already know the pupils and provide direct continuity of teaching; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62898/26]

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1401. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth given that unqualified persons, student teachers, special needs assistants and retired teachers may be engaged to provide substitute cover, the justification for continuing to prevent fully qualified and registered job-sharing teachers from providing such cover on their non-working days, including in their own schools where they already know the pupils and provide direct continuity of teaching; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62898/26]

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1. 7 September 2026

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   1401. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth given that unqualified persons, student teachers, special needs assistants and retired teachers may be engaged to provide substitute cover, the justification for continuing to prevent fully qualified and registered job-sharing teachers from providing such cover on their non-working days, including in their own schools where they already know the pupils and provide direct continuity of teaching; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62898/26]

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