As the Deputy may be aware the appointment of teachers is a matter for the board of management of each individual school and, therefore, my Department would not have details of the number of vacancies for each school in County Kildare.
A number of primary schools throughout the country employed teachers in a temporary capacity for short periods in September 1999 pending the appointment of permanent teachers. A total of 67 such teachers in County Kildare were paid at the untrained rate by my Department. It should be noted, however, that in some cases the untrained rate was paid pending an assessment of the teacher's qualifications.