Madam, - A recent report by the Department of Education and Science on Irish in primary schools showed that "almost half of the teachers observed in this evaluation had difficulties with their proficiency in the Irish language or with their ability to teach Irish".
As teachers are paid on the basis that they can teach the full primary curriculum and can meet the Irish language requirements, does this mean that (a) they are overpaid or (b) shouldn't have a job teaching? - Yours, etc,
TERRY GAFFNEY, Elmwood, Clonsilla, Dublin 15.