asked the Minister for Education when his Department intend to pay retrospectively to a person (name supplied) in Cork, who was retained as a teacher with the Cork City Vocational Educational Committee, the emoluments to which he is contractually entitled in the opinion of Senior Counsel.

In so far as the Deputy's question enters into contractual rights in an individual case and opinion of Senior Counsel thereon, it would not be appropriate for me to make a statement in the matter.