PQ 1563
1563. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether the Department intends to lift the restrictions on job-sharing teachers undertaking substitute work on their non-working days for the 2026/27 school year; when a formal announcement on this matter is expected, the rationale for preventing qualified and experienced teachers from filling substitute vacancies at a time when schools continue to face staffing shortages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64051/26]
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1563. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether the Department intends to lift the restrictions on job-sharing teachers undertaking substitute work on their non-working days for the 2026/27 school year; when a formal announcement on this matter is expected, the rationale for preventing qualified and experienced teachers from filling substitute vacancies at a time when schools continue to face staffing shortages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64051/26]
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