asked the Minister for Education if she will list: (a) the total number of teachers who have taken career breaks at (1) primary level and (2) secondary level (b) the number who are still on career breaks in each sector and (c) the number in each sector whose career breaks will terminate at the end of the present school year because five years have elapsed.
Written Answers. - Career Break Statistics.
132.
The information sought at (a) and (c) is 2,340 and 131, respectively, in relation to primary teachers. In relation to post-primary teachers the information requested is not readily available from my Department's records.
With regard to (b) of the question, I would refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No. 366 on 24 October 1989.