asked the Minister for Education whether a definite initial minimum salary, by way of necessary completion of the salaries scheme for Secondary Teachers, has yet been fixed, and whether he will state what that figure is.

I would refer the Deputy to my reply to a question put to me by Deputy Thrift on this matter on the 13th February. As the amount of grant to be paid to Secondary Teachers in future has not yet been decided upon, I am not in a position to announce the rate of minimum salary which schools will be required to pay their teachers.