Parents could be contingency plan for ASTI strike action in schools
Parents could be brought in keep secondary schools open after teachers voted to strike.
The ASTI, which represents 18,000 teachers, has announced it will hold 7-days of strike action on dates in October, November and December.
The union has also decided to withdraw from supervision and substitution duties from the 7th of November.
The Irish Times is reporting that Department Officials are considering hiring parents and members of the public to become supervisors for a fee of €38 a day - however it is likely most schools will not have enough time to vet and recruit them.
ASTI President Ed Byrne says that's a matter for Richard Bruton:"The Minister will have had ten weeks since he stopped the pay of supervision and substitution duties and I would have believed he would have had a contingency plan.
"I might also add, the money being stopped was also put in to the February legislation, prior to July 2015, so he has had a very long run at this with regard to getting ready for this.
"So I believe that the contingency plan should be able to keep schools open on the days that we withdraw from supervision and substitution duties."
