asked the Minister for Education what percentage of those who have contracted to correct the leaving certificate are (a) registered secondary teachers, (b) primary teachers, (c) wholetime qualified vocational teachers and (d) others.
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Apart altogether from the unwarranted amount of time and trouble that would be involved in compiling this information, I am satisfied that the furnishing of the information would not be in the public interest. That interest would, particularly at the present time, not be served by anything which would cause friction between the various branches of the profession or within any single branch of the profession.
The remaining questions will appear on tomorrow's Order Paper.