TD pledges to cover cost of teacher’s pay again

Brendan Griffin, a Fine Gael TD for Kerry South, has pledged to continue a long-standing arrangement with a primary school in his locality to donate half his TD’s salary to employ an additional teacher at the school.

The poll topper in 2011, his first outing in a general election, donated half his salary directly to the Department of Finance.

Since June 2012, he has been donating directly to the school to allow an additional teacher to be employed for the children.