Mary Coughlan
Question:82 Miss Coughlan asked the Minister for Education if she will retract her Department's letter of 11 August 1995, regarding the revised method of calculation of whole-time teacher equivalents which is resulting in the loss of teaching hours for second-level schools in this country and which will have a detrimental effect on the management of such schools and the provision of proper curricular needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13569/95]