Leo Varadkar: No proposal to suspend career breaks for teachers

His comments appeared to undermine stated briefings from Education Minister Norma Foley earlier this week to that effect.

In response, Social Democrats education spokesman Gary Gannon said: “This suggests that the Minister for Education was either on a solo run or simply kite flying in the absence of any concrete proposals to address teacher shortages in our schools.” 

The Government’s “botched response” to the teacher shortage took another twist as the Tánaiste said there is no proposal to suspend career breaks.

This appeared to undermine stated briefings from Education Minister Norma Foley earlier this week to that effect.