Coughlan rejects FG claim over jobs row [IrishTimes]
- Published: 03 June 2010
TÁNAISTE Mary Coughlan has rejected Fine Gael claims that the Department of Finance is “running rings” around her department in a row about the impact of the moratorium on middle management teaching posts.
Fine Gael education spokesman Brian Hayes said school authorities could not make appointments “because they don’t know the number of posts, if any, they will be allocated next year”, for year heads, programme coordinators and exam secretaries.
These posts could not be filled because “the Minister has allowed the Department of Finance to run rings around her”. She had promised nine weeks ago a decision was imminent about assisting schools directly affected, he added.
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