To ask the Minister for Education whether he can state the number of lay secondary teachers, whether now in the service or retired, who are in receipt of pensions from any sources, the amounts of such pensions, and by whom paid.
CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. - PENSIONS OF LAY SECONDARY TEACHERS.
There is no provision for the payment of pensions from State funds to secondary teachers as such, and no official information is available as to the number of such teachers, if any, who may be in receipt of pensions from schools or other private sources.