Just 4 per cent of teachers think preparing students for sacraments should be the responsibility of primary schools.

Last September, CyberSafeKids published a report revealing that 65% of children aged eight to 12 in Ireland had been contacted by a stranger online.

A recent survey has shown there is a current staffing shortage of 951 teachers.

The general secretary of the Irish National Teachers' Organisation John Boyle has retracted comments he made about the Minister for Education when he suggested that she had reneged on a commitment she made earlier this year about post responsibility