asked the Minister for Education the cumulative number of teachers who are being placed on the panel on 31 August 1988.

One thousand and eighty-seven national teachers have been notified of their eligibility to have their names placed on diocesan or other approved panels to enable them to secure appointment to alternative posts from 1 September 1988. These include teachers whose names were already on panels prior to the implementation of recent arrangements on the pupil-teacher ratio.