Impact of teachers’ rejection of deal to be known next week

The impact of teachers’ rejection of a settlement deal on pay and the junior cycle dispute will not be known for almost another week.

The Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland will allow members who are principals or deputy principals to recruit and roster replacement staff when members stop supervising breaks or providing substitution cover.

A ban on organising external supervisors led to the prospect of indefinite closures of more than 400 secondary schools last term, but schools only closed for a day in early November before conciliation talks began.