Plans to set up a support group for LGBT teachers and education staff have been delayed after concerns were raised by a board member of the Education Authority. The Authority - which employs 40,000 staff including teachers and administrators - asked its board to approve the establishment of an LGBT Staff Network. Similar groups operate within the civil service, police and health service in Northern Ireland. According to the minutes of a recent board meeting - seen by the Nolan Show - an unidentified board member "drew attention to a possible out-working of a staff network where tension could arise between a member of staff and a Board of Governors which related to the ethos of that school." Stephen spoke to Fidelma Carolan from union Unison and the DUP MLA Jim Wells.