1487. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department intends to lift the restriction on job-sharing teachers substituting during their non-working days for 2026/27; if her Department is considering refusing the extension; the justification for preventing qualified and experienced teachers from filling substitute vacancies at a time when schools need them while at the same time continuing to allow unqualified students etc to fill these vacancies. [63379/26]

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1487. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department intends to lift the restriction on job-sharing teachers substituting during their non-working days for 2026/27; if her Department is considering refusing the extension; the justification for preventing qualified and experienced teachers from filling substitute vacancies at a time when schools need them while at the same time continuing to allow unqualified students etc to fill these vacancies. [63379/26]

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1. 7 September 2026

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   1487. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department intends to lift the restriction on job-sharing teachers substituting during their non-working days for 2026/27; if her Department is considering refusing the extension; the justification for preventing qualified and experienced teachers from filling substitute vacancies at a time when schools need them while at the same time continuing to allow unqualified students etc to fill these vacancies. [63379/26]

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