Bernard Allen
Ceist:333 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason his Department is now refusing to give the honours allowance to those teachers who have been teaching art for some considerable time, who completed a course in the National College of Art And Design organised by his Department in conjunction with the National University of Ireland and received a diploma in art teaching at honours level; the reason that, despite teachers writing to his Department on several occasions, they are not receiving replies; and if this matter will be rectified. [27153/02]