asked the Minister for Education the reason for not acceding to the request of County Clare VEC to make a person (details supplied) in County Clare, who is a woodwork instructor at the new Scarriff community college, a permanent member of the staff as the present classroom and the work organised by this teacher received plaudits from the Minister for Fisheries, the Department inspector and the VEC at the recent official opening of this school.
Written Answers. - Clare Woodwork Instructor Appointment.
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The qualifications which the teacher in question possesses are not regarded as being equivalent to the qualifications required for appointment in a permanent capacity as a wholetime teacher of woodwork under a vocational education committee. Approval could not be given, therefore, for his appointment to a permanent post.