She has to have the 5 taken by now although is it affected by mat leaves, if she was pregnant during the career break like?Whoever has been covering for this gobshite would've been made permanent at the end of their 2nd year (assuming it was the same teacher). If this gobshite ever decides to darken her classroom door again, the other teacher would be moved to a school with a certain km radius and would keep their permanent contract. Every year you have to apply for a career break, it's done on a yearly basis, so I assume her application next year would be affected if she applied again if this ridiculous sanction comes in. She can take 5 years, how many has she done now!?
She'll never go back to the teaching now surely?