“WHAT EDUCATION REFORMS/IMPROVEMENTS WOULD YOU RECOMMEND? ‘I want to see a proper debate about how the Irish language is taught, starting with primary school. Either we equip teachers with a proper standard in the language to start with, and get them to teach it better and more, or we stop the farce …’” (more)
[Irish Times, 21 February]
“ASTI representatives will meet PDE students in Trinity College and UCD next week in order to discuss the unfair treatment of new teacher entrants by government. The meetings come ahead of a protest by student teachers against government decisions to cut the pay, cap the allowances, and – most recently – freeze the allowances of new entrants to teaching …” (more)
[ASTI, 17 February]
“As reported today in several German newspapers (see sources below), many German professors should be getting raises next year, thanks to the complaints of a chemist …” (more)
[Chelsea Wald, Science Careers Blog, 14 February]
“Any cut to teacher allowances would be a breach of the Croke Park agreement and would result in the end of reforms under the deal, a union has warned …” (more)
[Niall Murray, Irish Examiner, 13 February]
“Madam – Marc Coleman obviously ‘has his knife’ in university professors. I say this because he regularly quotes professors’ salaries as a prime example of inflated salaries paid out of the public purse …” (more)
[William Reville, Independent, 12 February]
“At its meeting on Friday 10th February 2012 the Executive Committee of the Teachers’ Union of Ireland considered the possible serious implications of the review of allowances being undertaken by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform …” (more)
[Teachers’ Union of Ireland, 11 February]
“Universities in Ireland have been slow to respond to public concerns about the workload of academics and their pay levels, according to the former president of DCU …” (more)
[Seán Flynn, Irish Times, 11 February]
“So then, what do you think we should do? Sack the special needs assistant earning €40k? Or reduce the pay of a university professor from €148k a year to €108k a year? It’s a fairly simple question …” (more)
[Marc Coleman, Independent, 5 February]
“New entrants to the teaching profession will be earning €10,000 a year less than their colleagues after the Department of Education moved to suspend the payment of various allowances …” (more)
[Seán Flynn, Irish Times, 2 February]
“Women are winning the battle of the sexes in the classroom but are still losing out to men on the payroll. For while they are more likely to complete their education and get a third-level qualification than men, they are also more likely to sacrifice career for family …” (more)
[Caroline O’Doherty, Irish Examiner, 1 February]
“Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he decides to impose further pay cuts on public servants, if a poverty impact assessment will take place in advance …” (more)
[Dáil Éireann, 24 January]
“Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of employees in the public sector currently on salaries in excess of €200,000; and the names of the employees in each case and the position they hold …” (more)
[Dáil Éireann, 24 January]
“Minister for Public Expenditure Brendan Howlin has defended the payment of increments to public servants on the grounds that there are fairer ways of controlling public pay. Mr Howlin, speaking this morning, questioned why these payments had become the subject of public debate …” (more)
[Harry McGee, Irish Times, 18 January]
“Seven of the country’s top academics have snubbed a request from Education Minister Ruairi Quinn to cut their pay to €200,000 – equal to Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s salary …” (more)
[Independent, 18 January]
“Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of staff that earn more than €100,000 per annum in the each of the following; primary and secondary level education sector; third level education sector; in his Department; and in vocational education committees …” (more)
[Dáil Éireann, 11 January]
“Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has insisted the Government is not ‘seeking to unpick’ the Croke Park agreement on public service pay and reform and says its terms can only be changed by negotiation …” (more)
[Mary Minihan, Irish Times, 13 December]
“… Unlike my colleague, however, I think it is a matter of legitimate public interest. Moreover, closer perusal of the list of these individuals shows that they are, virtually without exception, either (a) senior administrators or (b) medical academics. These salaries are excessive by any standards …” (more)
[Piaras Mac Éinrí, Irish Times, 12 December]
“Sir, – I am a public servant but a private individual. I regard your publication of my name and salary in your paper (Education Today, December 6th) as an outrageous intrusion into my private life. You should be ashamed of yourself and your publication …” (more)
[Irish Times, 8 December]
“Deputy Seán Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of employees across the third level sector earning €150,000 or more; and the number earning over €200,000 or more …” (more)
[Dáil Éireann Written Answers, 6 December]
“An elite group of almost 200 academics and administrators in higher education earn over €150,000 while half earn over €200,000 …” (more)
[Peter McGuire and Seán Flynn, Irish Times, 6 December]
