Michael Bell
Question:145 Mr. Bell asked the Minister for Education and Science the sum of money, if any, which was budgeted to pay the early retirement component of the teachers' proposals under the Programme for Competitiveness and Work; if not, the reason this sum was not expended; the reason this sum was not carried into their 1997 Education budget, thus allowing more teachers to avail of the offer in view of the fact that this sum was a committed part of the National Agreement, with an implementation date of 1996. [21756/97]