Brian Hayes
Question:551 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many newly qualified teachers in primary schools have been told that they will not be able to partake in their diploma courses as normal in their first year of teaching owing to a shortage of school inspectors; the numbers involved; if his Department has plans to recruit external assessors to help alleviate their problem; if increments will be backdated in the future to take account of a newly qualified teacher having to wait until their second year of teaching to obtain their diploma; if his Department will facilitate newly qualified teachers with scholarships pending to do masters who need to have their diploma completed before July 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42292/08]
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