Charlie McConalogue
Question:916. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills why her Department does not allow a partial day's leave to be recorded for teachers who require time off from the classroom, and instead requires that they be recorded as absent for the full day; the cost of this rule; the number of days of unnecessary disruption it causes to students; her plans to change the system to allow for partial days' leave due to sickness or hospital appointments to be recorded as such; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37229/15]
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