Vol. 451 No. 8
185 Mr. Cowen asked the Minister for Education the reason her Department refused to pay travel expenses to substitute teachers (details supplied) in primary schools who have to travel many miles to work when they are only employed on a part-time fixed period basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7711/95]
A substitute teacher in a primary school is employed by the board of management of the school in which he/she teaches. Expenses to travel to and from the school in which a substitute teacher is employed on a particular day are not paid by my Department irrespective of the distance he/she is obliged to travel. My Department cannot make an exception to the general principle and pay travel expenses to the individual substitute teacher referred to.
